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