Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 1080 (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 1080
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 1080

37/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 3.0

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
CPU 965229 286757
GPU 1313129 76903
Memory 458312 134935
Total score 3396957 731937
UX 660296 233342

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1250 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 121.2 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 7.24 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 81 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 89.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 422.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 23.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 25 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 7.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 950 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Announced October 2025 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 MT6877V/TTZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-28->Ahmet-256378 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-19(Lima) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-21(Nemhee) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-13(MitexzZen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-13->BitexzZen — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(Eyy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(Thomaz Tescaro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Ditthaze) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Call of Duty: Mobile — 38 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 37 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 86 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 57 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 62 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 83 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Data manipulation score — 10634
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 18941
Video editing score — 7467
Web score — 10948
Writing score — 14594

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
1.Realme 10 Pro Plus — 836536
2.Samsung Galaxy A34 5G — 741627
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G — 713820
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G — 713462
Phones with Dimensity 1080 — AnTuTu v11

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