Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (76/100), 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 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

76/100
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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 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Graphics test 30 FPS 13 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 25 FPS
Stability 71% 83%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
CPU 965229 645495
GPU 1313129 809405
Memory 458312 372805
Total score 3396957 2314417
UX 660296 486712

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Snapdragon X75
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 4200 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 293.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 23.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 16.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 216.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 152.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 2750.3 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 55.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 50 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2355.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1150 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Announced October 2025 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8735
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-12->Sakivuu — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13(Jit) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Suleiman) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Buggy67) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(z2z3x5) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Dice Morgan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(DavidB) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Srinu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 13734
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 26988
Video editing score — 7750
Web score — 15597
Writing score — 17764

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1.Meizu 22 — 2454886
10.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro — 2292541
2.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro — 2391144
3.Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global) — 2391014
4.OnePlus Turbo 6 — 2382990
5.Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro — 2375195
6.Nothing Phone (3) — 2371693
7.Honor 500 — 2344395
8.Oppo K13 Turbo Pro — 2341700
9.OnePlus Nord 6 — 2314061
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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