Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

52/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Graphics test 30 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 63%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU 965229 490530
GPU 1313129 202615
Memory 458312 221583
Total score 3396957 1294871
UX 660296 380143

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 6 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5.3 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X Snapdragon X65
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3670 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 151.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 119.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 104.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 124.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1079.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.49 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 54 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1675.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 818 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Announced October 2025 December 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8450
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-30(Cyrus) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09(Clem) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-15->Aura_Test_King — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-01(Abdullah) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Hireath) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-20(Jonath) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco F4 GT1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 42 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 40 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 89 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 114 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 10976
Phones tested — 16 models
Photo editing score — 27827
Video editing score — 7311
Web score — 13237
Writing score — 15631

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1.Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) — 1436963
10.Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) — 1281285
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 — 1384444
3.Motorola Edge Plus (2022) — 1352691
4.Xiaomi 12 Pro — 1349808
5.Xiaomi 12 — 1322176
6.Sony Xperia 1 IV — 1320406
7.Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) — 1303326
8.Xiaomi Poco F4 GT — 1303229
9.Realme GT2 Pro — 1286054
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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