Apple M5 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 990

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 990 (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Graphics test 30 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS
Stability 71% 73%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes
NPU theoretical performance 15 TOPS

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
CPU 965229 370196
GPU 1313129 130687
Memory 458312 151878
Total score 3396957 907140
UX 660296 254379

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
L3 cache 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X Exynos 5123
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 139.9 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 10.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.84 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 98.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 66.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 99.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 955.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 30.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 3.92 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 585.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 832 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0
Pipelines 11
Shading units 32
Total shaders 352
Vulkan version 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Announced October 2025 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 S5E9830
Official page Samsung Exynos 990 official site
Successor -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-20(Rei Zero) AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Yiannis Mihai) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09(SamsungS8hype) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(Vinny) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Ctvy970) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(Chryso27) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(TimFire) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SamsungS8Hype AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Data manipulation score 8823
Phones tested 6 models
Photo editing score 30928
Video editing score 6884
Web score 10705
Writing score 11422

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
1.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 918508
2.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 913920
3.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 909679
4.Samsung Galaxy S20 907140
5.Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 901346
6.Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus 874382
Phones with Exynos 990 AnTuTu v11

Looking for More Comparisons?

Browse all available head-to-head comparisons or select new devices in the comparison hub.

Browse Mobile Processors Comparisons → Launch Full Comparison Hub →