Apple M5 (iPad) vs Google Tensor

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 45)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor
Google

Google Tensor

47/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 63%
Graphics test — 5 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Tensor Processing Unit

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
CPU 965229 365546
GPU 1313129 169803
Memory 458312 178763
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 295913
Total score — 1010025

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache — 3 MB
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5.6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Exynos 5300b
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3670 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec —
Background blur 55 images/sec —
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 177.6 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 119.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 452.7 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS —
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec —
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 159.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 14.1 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.5 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 7.31 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.55 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 97.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 83.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 138.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 1368.9 FPS
Photo processing — 30.2 images/sec
Ray tracing — 3.44 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 39.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1085.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 850 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 20
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 640
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Announced October 2025 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — GS101 (S5P9845)
Official page — Google Tensor official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 51.2 Gb/s
Max size — 12 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 60FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 —
Video playback 4K at 60FPS —
Audio codecs — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.1
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-24(Tимyp) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-30(Khakan Ali) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-27(Ash) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Hypermini) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Mimo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-04(nguyen van nguyen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Paranoid _Antost — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(duwi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
Data manipulation score — 10310
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 19072
Video editing score — 5884
Web score — 7105
Writing score — 15550

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor
1.Google Pixel 6a — 1015493
2.Google Pixel 6 Pro — 1010025
3.Google Pixel 6 — 990213
Phones with Google Tensor — AnTuTu v11

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