Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Graphics test 30 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 16 FPS
Stability 71% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 965229 556525
GPU 1313129 503679
Memory 458312 307418
Total score 3396957 1797821
UX 660296 430199

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7.5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X Snapdragon X70 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 219.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1701.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 64 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1100 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Announced October 2025 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-16(AngryDuy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->Augus.anime — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(oxterspvce) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-23->sajidulch — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 15136
Phones tested — 14 models
Photo editing score — 27100
Video editing score — 7662
Web score — 14506
Writing score — 19378

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1.Vivo V70 Elite — 1913976
10.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo — 1805187
2.Realme GT Neo 6 — 1866203
3.OnePlus Nord 5 — 1848224
4.Motorola Razr Plus (2026) — 1846775
5.Motorola Edge 50 Ultra — 1826731
6.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 — 1823082
7.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance — 1821945
8.Realme GT 6 — 1809566
9.Xiaomi 14 Civi — 1806236
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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