Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 25)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

30/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 30.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 720G
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
NPU theoretical performance — 5 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 692

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
CPU 965229 218272
GPU 1313129 50078
Memory 458312 103903
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 145207
Total score — 517460

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X X15
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 15
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
API Metal OpenCL
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 55.7 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 21 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 94.3 MB/sec
Background blur — 5.39 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 0.78 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.07 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 45.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 33.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 62.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 217.7 FPS
Photo processing — 15.3 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.36 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 3.86 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 384 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 750 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 720G
Announced October 2025 January 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM7125
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 — 14.9 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1866 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 — - 384 kHz/32 bit
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 2.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-14->AzuNoBel — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(Tahmid) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16->AzuNoBel — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(DarkELITECustom.PH) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-27(Makasin0) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Joe_cool) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Aether2005) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Realme 7 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 34 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 30 FPS[High]
PUBG Mobile — 43 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 51 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Data manipulation score — 7577
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 18039
Video editing score — 6295
Web score — 8030
Writing score — 9464

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1.Realme 8 Pro — 541222
2.Realme 6 Pro — 535398
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro — 524287
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S — 515649
5.Samsung Galaxy A52 — 508360
6.Samsung Galaxy A72 — 490745
Phones with Snapdragon 720G — AnTuTu v11

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