Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 91%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 690

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU 782907 299294
GPU 1029236 119740
Memory 305749 162141
Total score 2777287 822433
UX 659395 241258

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion 6.7 billion
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 20
Modem — X24 LTE, X50 5G

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 122.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 8.45 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.01 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 85.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 70.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 57.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 85.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 512.2 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 22.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.72 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 21 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 9.94 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1036.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 675 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 768
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Announced October 2023 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8150-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 34.13 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 —
📘 2026-04-23(Joe) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-27->Nat_KL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-30(Zeta) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-04(Nafez De Vonsera) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-06(Aren) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(Tymanovik) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Call of Duty: Mobile — 54 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 56 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 56 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 98 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Data manipulation score — 8724
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 22475
Video editing score — 6020
Web score — 8774
Writing score — 13390

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
1.Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro — 822433
Phones with Snapdragon 860 — AnTuTu v11

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