Apple M3 iPad
vs
Apple A20 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M3 iPad and Apple A20 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 4050 MHz (4050 MHz vs 4.93 GHz)
  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (3 nm vs 2 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (October 2023 vs September 2026)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
October 2023
Launch Date
September 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M3 iPad
Model Name
Apple A20 Pro
4x 4.05 GHz, 4x 2.75 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
2 nm
4050 MHz
Frequency
4.93 GHz
25
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple M3 GPU
GPU name
Apple A20 Pro GPU
1520 MHz
GPU frequency
1620 MHz
3.502 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2903 GFLOPS
144
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
7
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
96-bit

Miscellaneous

256 KB
L1 Cache
192 KB
16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
3x 48 MP
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 120 FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M3 iPad
2976
A20 Pro
4713 +58%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M3 iPad
11540
A20 Pro
12599 +9%
FP32 (float)
M3 iPad
3432 +18%
A20 Pro
2903