Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (55/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 52)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8300

55/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
DeviceBenchmark Score — 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 77%
Graphics test — 7 FPS
Section 1 — 16 FPS
Section 2 — 14 FPS
Section 3 — 12 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — MediaTek APU 780

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
CPU 965229 482670
GPU 1313129 432750
Memory 458312 299238
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 389647
Total score — 1604305

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A7153x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3350 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv9-A
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X MediaTek T800
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 5170 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
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 136.1 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 50 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 174.4 MB/sec
Background blur — 12.2 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 9.4 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.46 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 128.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 93.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 146.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 1671.3 FPS
Photo processing — 37.6 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.97 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 16.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2150.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 1400 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 6
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Announced October 2025 November 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MT6897
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8300 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
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 — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 4266 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
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 LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP
Max display resolution — 2960 x 1440
Storage type — UFS 4.0
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-29->Dranz — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-03(Dyvipelham) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-04(Raze) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(By_Tavz-🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-15(Shivam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Chisa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-08(atrix6) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(FanzerNN) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Data manipulation score — 12555
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 23328
Video editing score — 6419
Web score — 14649
Writing score — 18403

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1.Xiaomi Redmi K70E — 1886429
2.Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro — 1604305
3.Xiaomi 14T — 1598339
Phones with Dimensity 8300 — AnTuTu v11

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