Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (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 8s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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 8s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 16 FPS
Stability 70% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 782907 556525
GPU 1029236 503679
Memory 305749 307418
Total score 2777287 1797821
UX 659395 430199

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7.5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 22
Modem — Snapdragon X70 5G

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 219.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1701.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 64 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 768
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Announced October 2023 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 8s Gen 3
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 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-08-16(AngryDuy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->Augus.anime — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(oxterspvce) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-23->sajidulch — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 15136
Phones tested — 14 models
Photo editing score — 27100
Video editing score — 7662
Web score — 14506
Writing score — 19378

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1.Vivo V70 Elite — 1913976
10.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo — 1805187
2.Realme GT Neo 6 — 1866203
3.OnePlus Nord 5 — 1848224
4.Motorola Razr Plus (2026) — 1846775
5.Motorola Edge 50 Ultra — 1826731
6.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 — 1823082
7.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance — 1821945
8.Realme GT 6 — 1809566
9.Xiaomi 14 Civi — 1806236
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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