Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2052015
Apple M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU436420426842
GPU870679696454
Memory392296304514
UX352620386474
NanoReview Score20520151814284
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression288.3 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec13.4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 4050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency 770 MHz n/a
Execution Units 6 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 1536 n/a
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 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
- UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC n/a

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