Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (90/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

90/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Graphics test 30 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 35 FPS
Stability 71% 51%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 965229 893474
GPU 1313129 1133808
Memory 458312 427210
Total score 3396957 3126402
UX 660296 671910

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Snapdragon X80
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 367.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 315.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 223.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 234.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 257 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 3848 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 148 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 96.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1100 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Announced October 2025 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2540
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19(Eiyuu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Sumiya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Apple Slayer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(S25 owner) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23([006]) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Vasy1163) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(zaido) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Dipsan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Data manipulation score — 16086
Phones tested — 36 models
Photo editing score — 39118
Video editing score — 8458
Web score — 21945
Writing score — 22647

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus — 3543672
10.Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra — 3247013
2.Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) — 3379591
3.Realme GT 8 (China) — 3336910
4.OnePlus Ace 6 — 3332530
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro — 3292097
6.Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro — 3290813
7.Honor GT Pro — 3280245
8.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Air — 3265219
9.Honor Win RT — 3249469
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) — AnTuTu v11

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