Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G36

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G36 (21/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 11)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G36
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G36

21/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 11.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 21.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — No

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
CPU 965229 94323
GPU 1313129 12097
Memory 458312 48922
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 38516
Total score — 193858

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 2.2 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 7
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
API Metal Vulkan
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 26.9 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 3 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 54.3 MB/sec
Background blur — 0.79 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 0.17 images/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 26 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 9.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 33.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 29.3 FPS
Photo processing — 5.74 images/sec
Ray tracing — 1.57 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 0.25 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 680 MHz
OpenCL version — 1.2
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 8
Total shaders — 32
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Announced October 2025 February 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MT6765V/XAA, MT6765V/XBA
Official page — MediaTek Helio G36 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
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 — 13.9 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1600 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
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 — - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
Max display resolution — 2400 x 1080
Storage type — eMMC 5.1
Video capture — 1K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265
Video playback — 1080p at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-13(Mastermes) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-13(Redminovechh) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-06->NggakIngat — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-05(Mattia) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-18(Lutfi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
Data manipulation score — 3419
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 8642
Video editing score — 3191
Web score — 4927
Writing score — 4947

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G36
1.TCL 501 — 203105
2.Infinix Smart 8 Pro — 195541
3.Tecno Spark 20C — 195539
4.TCL 505 — 193858
5.Xiaomi Poco C61 — 187715
6.Xiaomi Redmi A3 — 182792
7.Xiaomi Redmi A2 — 166119
Phones with Helio G36 — AnTuTu v11

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