Product Compare
Apple M3 iPad vs Apple M2 iPad
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – | 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard |
| Frequency | 4050 MHz | 3490 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 | 20 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| TDP | 15 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple M3 GPU | Apple M2 GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1520 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Shading units | 144 | 128 |
| Execution units | 8 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 102.4 Gb/s | 102.4 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Theoretical Performance | 18 TOPS | 15.8 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 |
| 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 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Oct 2023 | Jun 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1109 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 2143122 | 2188966 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3037 | 2623 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 11776 | 9803 |
| FP32 (float) | 3502 | 2918 |