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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

84%
90%
97%
Better then 84% 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
Dimensity 1050
MediaTek, May 2022
995
Helio G100
MediaTek, August 2024
740
T606
Unisoc, September 2021
372
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
Apple, October 2025
15421
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
11894
Dimensity 7200 Ultra
MediaTek, September 2023
2705
Helio G96
MediaTek, June 2021
1860
Helio P60
MediaTek, February 2018
1156
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9300 Plus
MediaTek, May 2024
6050
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
3537
Snapdragon 865 Plus
Qualcomm, July 2020
1332
Kirin 990 5G
HiSilicon, October 2019
712
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Qualcomm, February 2025
453
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500
MediaTek, September 2025
3414872
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
2164553
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Qualcomm, August 2024
841580
Snapdragon 780G
Qualcomm, March 2021
627148
Dimensity 7020
MediaTek, May 2023
467313