Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 35)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

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 778G
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

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

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
CPU 965229 326426
GPU 1313129 101452
Memory 458312 119484
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 236244
Total score — 783606

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.4 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 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support 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
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
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
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 91.1 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 68 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 157.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 11.1 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.14 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 70.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 55.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 113.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 370.4 FPS
Photo processing — 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.17 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 5.75 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 563.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 550 MHz
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
Announced October 2025 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM7325
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
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 — 25.6 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
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 36MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
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 778G
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-10->VoidxEo — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(juguilon54) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18->juguilon54 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Aaron) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10->SynX — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(CarlosSM) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(kat) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 42 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Oppo Realme GT Master Edition1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 53 FPS[High]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 49 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 94 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Data manipulation score — 9642
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 24463
Video editing score — 6994
Web score — 10945
Writing score — 14285

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
1.Motorola Edge (2021) — 825910
10.Oppo Reno 10 Pro 5G — 780824
2.Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro — 813720
3.Huawei Nova 11 — 808054
4.Motorola Edge 20 — 804228
5.Honor 50 — 800677
6.Huawei Nova 9 — 798218
7.Vivo V29 — 795977
8.Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE — 791030
9.Xiaomi 12 Lite — 781542
Phones with Snapdragon 778G — AnTuTu v11

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