Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (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 860
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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 860
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 860
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 91%
Graphics test — 5 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 690

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU 965229 299294
GPU 1313129 119740
Memory 458312 162141
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 241258
Total score — 822433

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache — 512 KB
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W
Transistor count — 6.7 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X X24 LTE, X50 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 20
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1240 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 85.4 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 21 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 122.6 MB/sec
Background blur — 8.45 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 2.01 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.17 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 70.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 57.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 85.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 512.2 FPS
Photo processing — 22.8 images/sec
Ray tracing — 3.72 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 9.94 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1036.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 675 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Announced October 2025 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM8150-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 — 34.13 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 22MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 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 860
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-23(Joe) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-27->Nat_KL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-30(Zeta) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-04(Nafez De Vonsera) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-06(Aren) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(Tymanovik) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Call of Duty: Mobile — 54 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 56 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 56 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 98 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Data manipulation score — 8724
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 22475
Video editing score — 6020
Web score — 8774
Writing score — 13390

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
1.Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro — 822433
Phones with Snapdragon 860 — AnTuTu v11

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