Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

36/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 965229 306912
GPU 1313129 74254
Memory 458312 161784
Total score 3396957 737054
UX 660296 194104

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Snapdragon X62
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 139.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 9.21 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.45 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 88.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 65.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 99.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 227.3 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 25.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 676 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Announced October 2025 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM6450
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 22 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-28(LenslyWhite) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(Iuli) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(Abhishek.b) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-27(Makasin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Andreu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 8252
Phones tested — 10 models
Photo editing score — 30771
Video editing score — 6838
Web score — 11087
Writing score — 12967

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
1.Oppo Reno 15 F — 865334
10.Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2023) — 727482
2.Oppo Reno 13 F 5G — 862042
3.Realme 12 Pro 5G — 812803
4.Oppo Reno 14 F 5G — 776077
5.Honor Magic 6 Lite — 764174
6.Honor X9c — 760332
7.Honor X60 Pro — 735282
8.Vivo T3x — 733620
9.Vivo iQOO Z9x 5G — 729289
Phones with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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