Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Graphics test 30 FPS 4 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 770

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
CPU 965229 326258
GPU 1313129 98347
Memory 458312 163894
Total score 3396957 820210
UX 660296 231711

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X X53
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 159.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 11.5 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 2.85 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 94.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 77 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 59 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 118.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 267.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 27.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.46 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.62 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 622.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 608 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Announced October 2025 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7325-AE
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
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 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-27(kardinal) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-03->Serhii — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-04-12(Deividi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(Aroslav) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Serj) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Data manipulation score — 9312
Photo editing score — 23875
Video editing score — 7005
Web score — 10381
Writing score — 13809

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
1.Motorola Edge 30 — 895081
2.Nothing Phone (1) — 830458
3.Honor 70 — 765434
Phones with Snapdragon 778G Plus — AnTuTu v11

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