Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 1280 (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 1280
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 1280

32/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 95%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 4.3 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
CPU 782907 256114
GPU 1029236 71758
Memory 305749 95251
Total score 2777287 615425
UX 659395 192302

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2550 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 102.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 6.2 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 68.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 52.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 37 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 71.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 408.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 37 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 229.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 897 MHz
Pipelines 9 4
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 128
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Announced October 2023 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — S5E8825
Official page — Samsung Exynos 1280 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 1580

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
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 —
📘 2026-05-30(🇻🇳 CuoiLaoXuongSong) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(MusteryLodall) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-11(Pikolano) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-15(OmPhanLaoRaBien) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(DJ) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Adi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SacredGold14 — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Data manipulation score — 8838
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 22696
Video editing score — 7350
Web score — 9628
Writing score — 13552

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
1.Samsung Galaxy A53 5G — 621907
2.Samsung Galaxy A25 — 617315
3.Samsung Galaxy A33 5G — 615425
4.Samsung Galaxy M34 5G — 603449
5.Samsung Galaxy M33 5G — 598004
Phones with Exynos 1280 — AnTuTu v11

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