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Apple M3 (iPad)

Apple M3 (iPad)
  • GPU: Apple M3 GPU
  • Cores: 8
  • Clock: 4050 MHz
Apple M3 (iPad) – an 8-core chipset that was announced on October 30, 2023, and is manufactured using a 3-nanometer process technology. It has 4 cores at 4050 MHz and 4 cores at 2750 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
98
Gaming Performance
98
Battery life
96
NanoReview Score
97
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Apple M3 (iPad)
2777287
CPU 782907
GPU 1029236
Memory 305749
UX 659395
Total score 2777287
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
3113
Multi-Core Score
11795
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
46172
Background blur 86.1 images/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS
API Metal
Samples 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2695
Score 2695
Stability 70%
Graphics test 20 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
10356
Score 10356
Graphics test 39 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu 112015536
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu 112811760
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112838721
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu 112779459
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (Noora)AnTuTu 112708158
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-03 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112777287
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-26 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112764210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-28 -> will09Geekbench 6 CPU3113 / 11795
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Specifications

Detailed specifications of the M3 (iPad) SoC with Apple M3 GPU graphics

CPU

Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –
4x 2.75 GHz –
Cores 8
Frequency 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
Process 3 nanometers
Transistor count 25 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W
Manufacturing TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple M3 GPU
Architecture Apple GPU
GPU frequency 1380 MHz
Pipelines 9
Shading units 128
Total shaders 1152
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz
Bus 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

5G support Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced October 2023
Class Flagship

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Joe November 4, 2025 at 08:32 AM
Memory Bus 4x 16 Bit -> 8x 16 Bit
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Nanorsview March 22, 2025 at 08:24 PM
It's not real Real M3 GPU: Pipelines: 9 Shading units: 128 Total shaders: 1152 Gpu frequency: 1600MHz Gigaflops: 3686 gigaflops Memory frequency: 6400MHz NPU theoretical performance: 35 TOPS
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fuuk1 March 5, 2025 at 05:03 PM
Instruction set: ARMv8.6-A Memory frequency: 3200 MHz For graphics GPU frequency: 1380 MHz Pipelines: 9 Shading units: 144 Total Shaders: 1152
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akp831 March 7, 2025 at 01:36 AM
AI Generated? My guy, where did you get this info...
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fuuk1 March 9, 2025 at 07:41 PM
akp831, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M3#Variants From here.
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