Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 24)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G

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 730G
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 30.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
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 730G
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 688

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
CPU 965229 221636
GPU 1313129 49363
Memory 458312 101374
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 161257
Total score — 533630

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 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) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X X15
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
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 730G
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 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 89 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 93.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 5.3 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.12 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 47.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 34.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 66.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 202.8 FPS
Photo processing — 16.2 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.76 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 0.62 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 422.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 825 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 730G
Announced October 2025 April 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM7150-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
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 730G
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 — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 3.0
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-11-02(dapdep) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-27(Stanislavikkk) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 38 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 54 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 47 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 51 FPS[Ultra]

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
1.Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite — 533630
2.Google Pixel 4a — 495785
Phones with Snapdragon 730G — AnTuTu v11

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