Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 1100 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 1100
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 1100

41/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Graphics test 30 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 97%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance — 4.5 TOPS

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
CPU 965229 339618
GPU 1313129 134559
Memory 458312 192214
Total score 3396957 974914
UX 660296 308523

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 320 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Helio M70
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 2500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 156.7 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 9.93 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.87 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 108.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 94.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 70.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 132.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 785.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 34.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.27 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 48 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 13.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 481.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 836 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 9
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 288
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Announced October 2025 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 MT6891Z/CZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 1100 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-16(Hasa_2007) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-24(Cenzho Sayang Furina) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-17(Snoops) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29(Always Miku) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-06(Snoops) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(HanZ) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(Egk7) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Ezdeck) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[High]
Device — Oppo Realme Q3 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[High]
Genshin Impact — 48 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 68 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 83 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
Data manipulation score — 8321
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 23638
Video editing score — 5755
Web score — 8025
Writing score — 10916

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1100
1.Xiaomi Poco X3 GT — 974914
Phones with Dimensity 1100 — AnTuTu v11

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