MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and Apple M3 (iPad)
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
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1406709
Apple M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU299593426842
GPU524768696454
Memory327987304514
UX254361386474
NanoReview Score14067091814284
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Stability89 %n/a
Graphics Test58 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression178.7 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec13.4 MP/sec

Processor

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

Graphics

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

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 102.4 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 UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 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 LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

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

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 n/a

Results

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

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