Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1480

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 1480 (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 1480
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 1480

42/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
CPU 782907 348485
GPU 1029236 226076
Memory 305749 182794
Total score 2777287 1021736
UX 659395 264381

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2750 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 174.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 12.5 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 109.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 84.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 65.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 127.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 426.8 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 31.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 5.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 19 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 16.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 665.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 9 1
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 128
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Announced October 2023 March 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — S5E8845
Official page — Samsung Exynos 1480 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 1580

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
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 —
📘 2026-05-31->Imlooneyka — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Mohammed salik) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Yousif) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-28(SK.EMTIAZ) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-30(X24ROMIRP) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06(Mazen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Brice) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-23(No) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
Data manipulation score — 10941
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 23283
Video editing score — 7255
Web score — 11788
Writing score — 17673

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1480
1.Samsung Galaxy A37 5G — 1064079
2.Samsung Galaxy A55 5G — 1021736
3.Samsung Galaxy M56 5G — 1002756
Phones with Exynos 1480 — AnTuTu v11

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