Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G35

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G35 (22/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G35
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G35

22/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 22.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 13.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Graphics test 30 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 Helio G35
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine No

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
CPU 965229 98876
GPU 1313129 12351
Memory 458312 52554
Total score 3396957 200794
UX 660296 37013

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 2.2 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
API Metal —
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 60.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 0.88 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 29.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 27.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 9.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 33.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS —
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 1.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests Less than 3
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 680 MHz
OpenCL version — 1.2
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 8
Total shaders — 32
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Announced October 2025 June 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 MT6765G
Official page — MediaTek Helio G35 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 13.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2400 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-20(Meow cute) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-22->KILLERBOT2006 — CPU Throttle

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Call of Duty: Mobile — 29 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Poco C3720 x 1600
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 29 FPS[Low]
PUBG Mobile — 23 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 30 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 43 FPS[Low]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
Data manipulation score — 4106
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 9356
Video editing score — 4869
Web score — 5814
Writing score — 5944

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G35
1.Xiaomi Redmi 9C — 200794
2.Nokia G20 — 196219
Phones with Helio G35 — AnTuTu v11

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