Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8400 (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8400
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

65/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 65.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 65.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Graphics test 30 FPS 10 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 25 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 71% 86%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
CPU 965229 623766
GPU 1313129 596540
Memory 458312 331200
Total score 3396957 1948428
UX 660296 396922

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 6 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 5170 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 248.7 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.71 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.66 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 166.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 189.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 111.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 189.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1703.3 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 58 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 7.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 45 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 37.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2329.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 896
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Announced October 2025 December 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 MT6899, MT6899Z
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8400 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(King Bulan Pogi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(eebro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->MetallicaT — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(srinivasan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(Ali -geekbench 7 test) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-20(Xuruby) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Lucky T. Timo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Danil228 — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Data manipulation score — 13175
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 23584
Video editing score — 6661
Web score — 14034
Writing score — 17637

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1.Infinix GT 50 Pro — 2137843
2.Realme Neo 7 SE — 2081324
3.Realme GT 7T — 2079848
4.Vivo Y300 GT — 2067824
5.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo — 2052566
6.Infinix Note 60 Ultra — 1989585
7.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 — 1960745
8.Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro — 1930851
9.Xiaomi 15T — 1915524
Phones with Dimensity 8400 — AnTuTu v11

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