Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 6400 (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 27)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 6400
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 6400

32/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 27.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 32.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% —
Graphics test — 1 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
CPU 965229 225859
GPU 1313129 46666
Memory 458312 114767
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 193749
Total score — 581041

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache — 512 KB
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 5
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 3300 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec —
Background blur 55 images/sec —
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 177.6 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 63.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 452.7 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS —
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec —
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 102.2 MB/sec
Background blur — 5.97 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.02 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 50.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 39.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 75.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 241.3 FPS
Photo processing — 19.8 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 4.04 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 137.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12
GPU frequency — 1072 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 64
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Announced October 2025 February 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 6400 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 17.07 Gb/s
Max size — 12 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 60FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 —
Video playback 4K at 60FPS —
Audio codecs — - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 2.2
Video capture — 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 2K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-09(Rennsport) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-03-22(Gargle) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-28(Arnab) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-30->NexxG96 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02(zimz tecno spark 50 5g) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(biszkopt875) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Data manipulation score — 7894
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 23774
Video editing score — 5148
Web score — 11379
Writing score — 14385

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6400
1.Tecno Spark Go 2025 — 633777
2.Tecno Pova Slim 5G — 613165
3.Realme 16 — 607352
4.Motorola Moto G77 — 590471
5.Tecno Spark 50 5G — 568135
6.Motorola Moto G87 — 550018
7.Realme 15T — 550018
Phones with Dimensity 6400 — AnTuTu v11

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