Apple M3 iPad vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
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
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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)
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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
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APL1109
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,143,122
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
3,037
2,623
Geekbench 6
11,776
9,803
FP32 (float)
3,502
2,918
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.