Apple M3 iPad vs MediaTek Helio G81
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4050 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
25
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M3 GPU
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1520 MHz
950 MHz
Shading units
144
24
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
2.0
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gb/s
13.41 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
18 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Oct 2023
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,143,122
262,145
Geekbench 6
3,037
420
Geekbench 6
11,776
1,391
FP32 (float)
3,502
91
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.