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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
Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm, September 2024
1011
T820
Unisoc, November 2022
764
Kirin 960
HiSilicon, October 2016
408
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
Apple, October 2025
15421
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
11894
Snapdragon 782G
Qualcomm, November 2022
2839
Exynos 1280
Samsung, March 2022
1927
Kirin 710F
HiSilicon, January 2019
1255
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9300 Plus
MediaTek, May 2024
6050
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
3537
Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm, January 2021
1358
Snapdragon 782G
Qualcomm, November 2022
730
Snapdragon 480 Plus
Qualcomm, October 2021
481
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Qualcomm, November 2025
3525943
M3 iPad
Apple, October 2023
2164553
Kirin 9000
HiSilicon, October 2020
892503
Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm, April 2019
648720
Exynos 9810
Samsung, January 2018
472103