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Apple M3 iPad

Apple M3 iPad
Apple M3 iPad is a SmartPhone Flagship platform from Apple. It began to be released in October 2023. The SoC has 8 cores produced using 3 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of 4050 MHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
Top SOC: 9

Basic

Label Name
Apple
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Launch Date
October 2023
Manufacturing
TSMC
Model Name
M3 iPad
Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz –
4x 2.75 GHz –
Cores
8
Technology
3 nm
Frequency
4050 MHz
Transistor count
25
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
3.502 TFLOPS
Shading units
144

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

L1 Cache
256 KB
L2 Cache
16 MB
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
Storage type
NVMe
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine

Geekbench 6

Single Core
3067
Multi Core
11894

FP32 (float)

3537

AnTuTu 10

2164553

Compared to Other SoC

85%
90%
97%
Better then 85% SOC over the past year
Better then 90% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 97% SOC

SiliconCat Rating

9
Ranks 9 among all SOC on our website
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M5 iPad
Apple, October 2025
4217
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
3067
Exynos 1380
Samsung, February 2023
1008
Dimensity 800U
MediaTek, August 2020
759
Snapdragon 821
Qualcomm, August 2016
391
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
Apple, October 2025
15421
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
11894
Snapdragon 778G
Qualcomm, May 2021
2787
Exynos 1330
Samsung, February 2023
1900
Snapdragon 670
Qualcomm, August 2018
1250
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9300 Plus
MediaTek, May 2024
6050
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
3537
Dimensity 7350
MediaTek, July 2024
1340
Kirin 990
HiSilicon, October 2019
712
Snapdragon 695
Qualcomm, October 2021
471
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Qualcomm, November 2025
3525943
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
2164553
Exynos 2100
Samsung, December 2020
885720
Kirin 8000
HiSilicon, October 2024
646778
Exynos 1280
Samsung, March 2022
471641