Apple M3 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4050 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
Process
3 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
25
1
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
TDP
-
6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
Adreno 505
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
450 MHz
Shading units
144
48
Execution units
-
1
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gb/s
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AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
18 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 21MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 536

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 75 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 4

Info

Announced
Oct 2023
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
-
MSM8937
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
2,143,122
135,324
Geekbench 6
3,037
206
Geekbench 6
11,776
832
FP32 (float)
3,502
43