Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
CPU 965229 203380
GPU 1313129 42600
Memory 458312 116281
Total score 3396957 513809
UX 660296 151548

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
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 5
Download speed — Up to 3300 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 93.6 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.65 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 61.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 49 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 66.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 217.1 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 17.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.93 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 12 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.63 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 123.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 962 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 64
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Announced October 2025 July 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 MT6835, MT6835V/ZA, MT8755V/TZB
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-13(Rojan magar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-18(Aihoshino) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-05(Akshansh) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-06(Walid) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-18(PG) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Gota) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — GeekBench GPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Data manipulation score — 6820
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 19144
Video editing score — 4402
Web score — 8095
Writing score — 11954

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
1.Realme 12 5G — 551605
2.Xiaomi Redmi 13C 5G — 546817
3.Realme 12x 5G — 527928
4.TCL 50 5G — 521281
5.Samsung Galaxy Xcover 7 — 518777
6.Samsung Galaxy A15 5G — 507542
7.Xiaomi Poco M6 5G — 507519
8.Samsung Galaxy M15 — 477416
Phones with Dimensity 6100 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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