Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

50/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Graphics test 30 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
CPU 965229 510448
GPU 1313129 270275
Memory 458312 193658
Total score 3396957 1329936
UX 660296 355555

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 512 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 7
Download speed — Up to 4200 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 183.1 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 14.6 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 6.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 102.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 93.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 65.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 126.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 939.1 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 30.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 17 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 36.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1177.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1150 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Announced October 2025 May 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 33.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2880 x 1800
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-13(Пaвeл) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(Wal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(THAKUR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03(Petros@n) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Aman Sthapak) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Ankit) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 8849
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 34842
Video editing score — 7010
Web score — 17005
Writing score — 20163

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1.Honor 600 — 1426281
10.Realme 15 Pro 5G — 1251276
2.Vivo V70 — 1410609
3.Oppo Reno 15 — 1394716
4.Realme 16 Pro Plus — 1392392
5.Motorola Edge 70 — 1368100
6.Nothing Phone (4a) Pro — 1355225
7.Oppo Reno 15c — 1307414
8.Realme P4 Pro 5G — 1282176
9.Vivo V60 — 1257854
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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