Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G81

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G81 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G81
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G81

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
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 Helio G81
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
CPU 965229 143539
GPU 1313129 23709
Memory 458312 90462
Total score 3396957 358608
UX 660296 100898

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 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) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 4
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 71.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 3.76 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.89 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 46.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 40.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 26.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 49.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 109.8 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 12.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.17 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 2.94 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 78.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 820 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 24
Total shaders — 48
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Announced October 2025 August 2024
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 MT6769J
Official page — MediaTek Helio G81 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 14.4 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
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 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-25(Editaddicts) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-02(Keizer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02->Vintero_8 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(Chelzie) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(Sg) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02(Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(Wayne) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Data manipulation score — 5618
Phones tested — 12 models
Photo editing score — 19146
Video editing score — 6024
Web score — 9422
Writing score — 9297

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
1.Tecno Spark 40 — 388287
10.Motorola Moto G06 — 353291
2.Motorola Moto G05 — 381428
3.Xiaomi Redmi 17C 4G — 364670
4.Tecno Spark 40C — 363458
5.Xiaomi Redmi 14C — 362983
6.Infinix Hot 60i — 362586
7.Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G — 361928
8.Motorola Moto G06 Power — 358608
9.Tecno Spark 30C — 354460
Phones with Helio G81 — AnTuTu v11

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