Apple M5 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G4

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G4 (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor G4
Google

Google Tensor G4

57/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 57.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Graphics test 30 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 84%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
CPU 965229 536742
GPU 1313129 414930
Memory 458312 215572
Total score 3396957 1519937
UX 660296 352693

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7204x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Exynos 5400c
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 177.3 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 15.8 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 8.51 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 128.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 134 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 122 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 157 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1273.7 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 39.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 26.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1684.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 940 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 G4
Announced October 2025 August 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 GS401 (S5P9875)
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
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 G4
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 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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-13(kiriguap) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-09(danyages) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-13(Plotwa) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-11(123) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(123) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-21(Kazin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Leif) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Data manipulation score — 14718
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 21074
Video editing score — 7569
Web score — 10521
Writing score — 15880

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
1.Google Pixel 9 Pro XL — 1672795
2.Google Pixel 9 Pro — 1606238
3.Google Pixel 9 — 1561427
4.Google Pixel 10a — 1422477
5.Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold — 1401321
6.Google Pixel 9a — 1321069
Phones with Tensor G4 — AnTuTu v11

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