Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 Plus Gen 1 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 56)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
DeviceBenchmark Score — 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%
Graphics test — 6 FPS

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU 965229 537485
GPU 1313129 241551
Memory 458312 254727
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 387045
Total score — 1420808

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv9-A
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 6 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support 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
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
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 Plus Gen 1
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 141.5 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 72 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 190.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 16 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 5.22 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.43 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 126.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 114.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 666.6 FPS
Photo processing — 37.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 24.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1843.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 900 MHz
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 Plus Gen 1
Announced October 2025 May 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM8475
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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 200MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.1
Video capture — 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-22(Euro Fighter Typhoon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Rutar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Nam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(HAbib) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10(oneplus enjoyer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15->Zay — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(Pietro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Aбдyxaким) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 47 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 58 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 89 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 114 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 12439
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 32017
Video editing score — 7462
Web score — 12737
Writing score — 16257

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1.Asus Zenfone 9 — 1640834
10.Honor 90 Pro — 1463370
2.Xiaomi 12S Ultra — 1627862
3.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro — 1601869
4.Huawei Mate X3 — 1530652
5.Realme GT3 — 1486727
6.OnePlus Ace 2 — 1481118
7.Asus ROG Phone 6 — 1478125
8.Xiaomi 12T Pro — 1469638
9.Realme GT Neo 5 — 1466734
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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