Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100)

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Graphics test 20 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 17 FPS
Stability 70% 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU 782907 553922
GPU 1029236 434880
Memory 305749 311861
Total score 2777287 1757044
UX 659395 456381

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8.5 W
Transistor count 25 billion 16 billion
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X70

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 218.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 18.8 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 5.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 167.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 145.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.53 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 133 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 168.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 2177.4 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 34.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 5.78 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 132 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 32.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 2089 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 680 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Announced October 2023 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8550-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-21(Noora) AnTuTu —
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📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-02(w1ndyy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06(berkayvaihimself) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Turtle tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Sevin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(stepp90q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ploxou) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Simon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(kyryl) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro1116 x 2480
Fortnite — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 90 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 118 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 14272
Phones tested — 9 models
Photo editing score — 32179
Video editing score — 7265
Web score — 13957
Writing score — 17828

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1.Oppo Find X6 Pro — 1933763
10.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro — 1825719
2.OnePlus Ace 2 Pro — 1908978
3.OnePlus Ace 3 — 1907512
4.Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate — 1899814
5.Vivo X90 Pro Plus — 1869058
6.OnePlus 11 — 1846250
7.OnePlus 12R — 1844595
8.ZTE Nubia Z50 Ultra — 1842269
9.Asus ROG Phone 7 — 1828576
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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