Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU 782907 218886
GPU 1029236 99670
Memory 305749 111434
Total score 2777287 572788
UX 659395 142798

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 9 W
Transistor count 25 billion 3 billion
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — X20

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 99.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 67.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 66.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 79.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 541.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 19.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.88 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 1.24 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 727 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 710 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 512
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Announced October 2023 December 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SDM845
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 29.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Date Benchmark 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 —
📘 2026-05-17(Poco F1) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Stanley) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-01(Ilyass) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-04(Bisfy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-23(Dzikri Khairul) — CPU Throttle

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Call of Duty: Mobile — 55 FPS[High]
Device — Xiaomi Pocophone F11080 x 2246
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 56 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 53 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 48 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Data manipulation score — 6714
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 18641
Video editing score — 6392
Web score — 7215
Writing score — 9480

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1.Xiaomi Pocophone F1 — 595284
2.Google Pixel 3 XL — 568672
3.Google Pixel 3 — 564887
Phones with Snapdragon 845 — AnTuTu v11

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