Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
vs
Apple M3 iPad
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
and
Apple M3 iPad
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4320 MHz (4320 MHz vs 4050 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs October 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2024
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8750-AB
Model Name
M3 iPad
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz, 4x 2.75 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4320 MHz
Frequency
4050 MHz
-
Transistor count
25
GPU Specifications
Adreno 830
GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
1100 MHz
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
3.744 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.502 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
144
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
10
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
6
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
5300 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L1 Cache
256 KB
24 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, 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 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9 (64-бит)
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301
+11%
M3 iPad
2976
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848
M3 iPad
11540
+17%
Geekbench 7 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
2475
M3 iPad
2745
+11%
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
8889
M3 iPad
12129
+36%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3819
+11%
M3 iPad
3432
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3008864
+38%
M3 iPad
2185984
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3126402
+13%
M3 iPad
2777287
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Lenovo Legion Y700 (Gen 4)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
12121
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
10297
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Oppo Pad 4 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
1239
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1867
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Asus ROG Phone 9 / 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
1271
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
1779
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Vivo iQOO Neo10 Pro+ (China)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
12327
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
12432
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor GT Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
2661
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2646
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro / 10 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
2527
Apple iPad Air 13 (2025)
Apple M3 iPad
2445
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