Apple M3 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 720

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4050 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
25
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
TDP
-
10 W

Graphics

GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
Mali-G57 MP3
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
850 MHz
Shading units
144
64
Execution units
-
3
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gb/s
17.07 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
18 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Yes

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 18

Info

Announced
Oct 2023
Jul 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
-
MT6853V
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
2,143,122
391,528
Geekbench 6
3,037
774
Geekbench 6
11,776
1,861
FP32 (float)
3,502
326