Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 (iPad), vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 (iPad) and MediaTek Dimensity 8350
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M3 (iPad)
1814284
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1353134
CPU426842324360
GPU696454484687
Memory304514265076
UX386474279011
NanoReview Score18142841353134
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
File Compression459.7 MB/s181.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser266.5 pages/s136.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering312.1 MP/sec163 MP/sec
Background Blur48.1 frames/s13 frames/s
Photo Processing125.3 frames/s35.2 frames/s
Image Detection283.3 frames/s98.3 frames/s
HDR419.3 MP/sec133.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13.4 MP/sec4.81 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
- 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4050 3350
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 20 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Mali-G615 MP6
Architecture n/a Valhall 4rd gen
GPU Frequency n/a 1400 MHz
Execution Units n/a 6
Shader Units n/a 128
Total shader n/a 768
FLOPS n/a 2150.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 780
GPU Frequency 18 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem n/a MediaTek T800
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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