Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (26/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 19)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

26/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 19.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 26.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 97%
Graphics test — 2 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 682

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
CPU 965229 148324
GPU 1313129 101521
Memory 458312 88938
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 99233
Total score — 438016

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2450 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
L1 cache — 128 KB
L2 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W
Transistor count — 3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X X16
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Wi-Fi 7 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 16
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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 48.2 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 2 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 87.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 2.93 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.3 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 46.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 15.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 56.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 105.3 FPS
Photo processing — 11 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.23 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 5.03 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 363.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 11
GPU frequency — 710 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 64
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.0

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Announced October 2025 November 2016
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MSM8998
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 29.8 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1866 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 2.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2023-09-25(Nightshot) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-13(Lee) — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Data manipulation score — 5696
Photo editing score — 13302
Video editing score — 5841
Web score — 5581
Writing score — 7633

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