Apple M5 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 9010 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 48)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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HiSilicon Kirin 9010
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

45/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% —
Graphics test — 8 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Da Vinci

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
CPU 965229 512832
GPU 1313129 131160
Memory 458312 270499
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 262705
Total score — 1177196

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V1213x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V1214x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Balong 5000
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 2500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
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 120.2 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 4 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 170.6 MB/sec
Background blur — 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 3.09 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.19 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 126.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 81.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 142.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 364.3 FPS
Photo processing — 43.8 images/sec
Ray tracing — 5.08 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 10.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1536 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12
GPU frequency — 750 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Announced October 2025 April 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — Hi36A0V121
Successor — -HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
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 — 68.2 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 4266 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
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 display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-01(Vivo_ltc) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-01->Huawei_Pura_User — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-11->Sereginby — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-05-14(Hafiz) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-14->DQP — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-30->zrewzqq — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Ridnitxx) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Data manipulation score — 9506
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 20710
Video editing score — 5507
Web score — 8954
Writing score — 13994

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1.Huawei Nova 15 Ultra — 1321223
2.Huawei Nova 16 Ultra — 1229229
3.Huawei Pura 80 — 1200000
4.Huawei Nova 15 Pro — 1181469
5.Huawei Nova 16 Pro — 1177196
6.Huawei Pura 70 Pro — 1156120
7.Huawei Nova 16 — 1155792
8.Huawei Pura 70 Ultra — 1155792
9.Huawei Mate XT Ultimate — -
Phones with Kirin 9010 — AnTuTu v11

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