Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 2100

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 2100 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 2100
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 2100

45/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 72%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 26 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
CPU 782907 373598
GPU 1029236 156133
Memory 305749 227441
Total score 2777287 1065369
UX 659395 308197

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X13x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5300

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 162 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.9 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 5.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 113 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 104 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 69.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 135.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1290.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 35.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.67 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 25 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 21.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 765.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 854 MHz
Pipelines 9 14
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 448
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
Announced October 2023 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9840
Official page — Samsung Exynos 2100 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
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 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
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(Júnior) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(My name) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(Tim) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-28(forneusgang) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-05(Luckyy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-10(TechNova0627) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-22(Squizzyyy) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
Data manipulation score — 10433
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 29658
Video editing score — 7092
Web score — 13238
Writing score — 15614

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2100
1.Samsung Galaxy S21 — 1081778
2.Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra — 1074182
3.Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus — 1017773
Phones with Exynos 2100 — AnTuTu v11

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