Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Apple M3 iPad
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Apple M3 iPad
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 4050 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
M3 iPad
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz, 4x 2.75 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
4050 MHz
-
Transistor count
25
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.502 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
144
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L1 Cache
256 KB
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+26%
M3 iPad
2976
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+10%
M3 iPad
11540
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+5%
M3 iPad
3432
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+91%
M3 iPad
2185984
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
10297
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1867
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1779
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
12432
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2646
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2445
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