Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 22)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

29/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 22.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%
Graphics test — 1 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
CPU 965229 187609
GPU 1313129 47047
Memory 458312 88556
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 112498
Total score — 435710

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 3 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X Snapdragon X51
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 800 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
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 55.3 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 5 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 84.9 MB/sec
Background blur — 5.26 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.03 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 33.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 34.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 50 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 186 FPS
Photo processing — 6.51 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.28 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 0.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 650 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Announced October 2025 January 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM4350
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
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 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
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 64MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture — 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2023-09-19(Guest #4) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2023-10-09(Jesús GR) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-01-01(J4CK) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-04-26(Izzy) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Data manipulation score — 6917
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 15336
Video editing score — 3952
Web score — 6774
Writing score — 9524

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
1.Nokia XR20 — 495104
2.Motorola Moto G50 — 446878
3.OnePlus Nord N200 5G — 435710
Phones with Snapdragon 480 — AnTuTu v11

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