Apple M5 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G3 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor G3
Google

Google Tensor G3

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Graphics test 30 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 74%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
CPU 965229 482403
GPU 1313129 384611
Memory 458312 218603
Total score 3396957 1409016
UX 660296 323399

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 9
Frequency 4610 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X Exynos 5300i
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 197.6 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 6.85 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 134.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 82.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 148.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1088 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 48.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 5.34 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 11.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1594.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 890 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 896
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 GS301 (S5P9865)
Official page — Google Tensor G3 official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
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 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-14(Spilled coffee) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-16(Quan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-26(Bilal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-13->Spaikleonow — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29->tonymenny — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(Bilal Ahmed) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(reazz) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-05(s1mpick) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
1.Google Pixel 8 — 1443431
2.Google Pixel 8a — 1433693
3.Google Pixel 8 Pro — 1367231
Phones with Tensor G3 — AnTuTu v11

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