Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
913477
CPU426842244750
GPU696454305779
Memory304514162981
UX386474199967
NanoReview Score1814284913477
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Stabilityn/a63 %
Graphics Testn/a34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
File Compression459.7 MB/s160.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser266.5 pages/s99.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering312.1 MP/sec125.2 MP/sec
Background Blur48.1 frames/s11.5 frames/s
Photo Processing125.3 frames/s28 frames/s
Image Detection283.3 frames/s68.5 frames/s
HDR419.3 MP/sec87.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13.4 MP/sec4.77 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 83 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 89 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 112 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4050 2840
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 25 billion 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 20 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Adreno 660
Architecture n/a Adreno 600
GPU Frequency n/a 840 MHz
Execution Units n/a 3
Shader Units n/a 256
Total shader n/a 768
FLOPS n/a 1290.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 51.2 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X60
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr December, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8350

Results

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

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