Apple M3 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple M3 iPad
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4050 MHz (4050 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (October 2023 vs November 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2023
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M3 iPad
Model Name
SM8845
4x 4.05 GHz, 4x 2.75 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4050 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
25
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple M3 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1520 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
3.502 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
144
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
256 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M3 iPad
2976
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M3 iPad
11540
+15%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
AntuTu 11
M3 iPad
2777287
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
3057215
+10%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
10297
Honor MagicPad4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9649
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1867
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
880
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1779
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
788
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
12432
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9672
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2646
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2076
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2445
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1968
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