Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100)
Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (95/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceBenchmark Score | 97.0 Excellent WINNER | 95.0 Excellent |
| Performance | 98.0 Excellent | — |
| AI Performance | — | 95.0 Excellent |
| Battery Efficiency | — | 93.0 Excellent |
| CPU Performance | — | 96.0 Excellent |
| Gaming Performance | — | 97.0 Excellent |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | — |
| Section 1 | 52 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 38 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 28 FPS | — |
| Stability | 70% | — |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| NPU theoretical performance | 18 TOPS | — |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | — |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 782907 | Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) |
| GPU | 1029236 | Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) |
| Memory | 305749 | — |
| Total score | 2777287 | — |
| UX | 659395 | — |
CPU
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – | — |
| Cores | 8 | — |
| Frequency | 4050 MHz | — |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A | — |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | — |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | — |
| Process | 3 nanometers | — |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 20 W | — |
| Transistor count | 25 billion | — |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| 5G support | Yes | — |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | — |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | — |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | — |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | — |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | — |
| Modem | — | Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF (10 Gbps peak) |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| API | Metal | — |
| Asset compression | 458.1 MB/sec | — |
| Background blur | 48.2 images/sec | — |
| Edge detection | 1.93 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Face detection | 108.3 images/sec | — |
| Feature matching | 0.62 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Gaussian blur | 2.41 Gpixels/sec | — |
| HDR | 422.1 Mpixels/sec | — |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270.6 pages/sec | — |
| Horizon detection | 1.43 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Image detection | 287.2 images/sec | — |
| PDF Renderer | 299.9 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Particle physics | 4690 FPS | — |
| Photo processing | 116.1 images/sec | — |
| Ray tracing | 13.4 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Samples | 4 tests | — |
| Stereo matching | 128.9 Gpixels/sec | — |
Graphics
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 3179.5 Gigaflops | — |
| GPU frequency | 1380 MHz | — |
| Pipelines | 9 | — |
| Shading units | 128 | — |
| Total shaders | 1152 | — |
Info
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | October 2023 | — |
| Class | Flagship | — |
Memory
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | — |
| Max bandwidth | 102.4 Gb/s | — |
| Max size | 24 GB | — |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | — |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | — |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | — |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | — |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | — |
| Storage type | NVMe | — |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | — |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | — |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | — |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2025-09-28->will09 | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-03-21(Noora) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-03-22(Noora) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-04-08(Bearry) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-04-12(Kaimen) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) | AnTuTu | — |
Architecture
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Lithography | — | TSMC 3nm (N3E Node) |
Performance
| Specification | Apple M3 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Cpu | 782907 | Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) |
| Gpu | 1029236 | Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) |
| Npu | — | Hexagon NPU (45% Faster AI Compute) |
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