Apple M1 iPad vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
3200 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
192 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
16
25
TDP
14 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
8
-
Shading units
128
144
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
102.4 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
18 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
-
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
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📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
2,143,122
Geekbench 6
2,304
3,037
Geekbench 6
8,422
11,776
FP32 (float)
2,617
3,502