Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8100 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8100
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8100

45/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Graphics test 30 FPS 4 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 92%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 580

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
CPU 965229 408979
GPU 1313129 172618
Memory 458312 201895
Total score 3396957 1092605
UX 660296 309113

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X MediaTek UltraSave 2.0
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 8100
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 181.3 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 2.66 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 131.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 108.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 88.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 134.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 849.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 32.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.87 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 19 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 9.79 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 660.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 860 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 6
Shading units — 64
Total shaders — 384
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Announced October 2025 March 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 MT6895Z/TCZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8100 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
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 8100
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2960 x 1440
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 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-27->Aeon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-02(christoff) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(Khiemm) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(LazyAdmiral8679) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-11(Mehedi Hassan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09->Tem4k — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(bbgsqq) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(CrysTalesia) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — OnePlus Ace1080 x 2412
Fortnite — 26 FPS[High]
Genshin Impact — 57 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 77 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 74 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 98 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Data manipulation score — 8309
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 19759
Video editing score — 7037
Web score — 11581
Writing score — 16904

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
1.Realme GT Neo 3 — 1144395
2.OnePlus Ace — 1138764
3.Xiaomi 12T — 1111150
4.Xiaomi Poco X4 GT — 1080106
5.OnePlus 10R — 1070373
6.Oppo Reno 8 Pro — 1050251
Phones with Dimensity 8100 — AnTuTu v11

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