Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
CPU 965229 318469
GPU 1313129 114691
Memory 458312 176550
Total score 3396957 829894
UX 660296 220184

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X Snapdragon X62
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 157.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 9.89 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 91.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 69.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 56.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 111.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 274.2 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 26.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.35 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 4.34 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 517.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1010 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Announced October 2025 October 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM6435-AA
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-24(Rama) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-06-30->Rama — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-07->Yuhansnurfw — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-08->Yuhansnurfw — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 10091
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 27293
Video editing score — 6291
Web score — 15769
Writing score — 15159

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro — 876983
2.Motorola Moto G57 Power — 829894
3.Motorola Moto G Max — 805947
Phones with Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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