Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

51/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Graphics test 30 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
CPU 965229 532680
GPU 1313129 166554
Memory 458312 232990
Total score 3396957 1317007
UX 660296 384783

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W
Transistor count — 10.2 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X Snapdragon X62
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 4400 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 182 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 16.1 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.36 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 137.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 116.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 112.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 137.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 772.3 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.62 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 51 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 11.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1187.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 580 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Announced October 2025 March 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7475-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2560 x 1600
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- VP8- 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-23(Doromon456) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24->op1 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-25(Ac3X) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(emptyset0.00sec) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-12(Koreia27) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(MobileEngineer Harway) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco F51080 x 2400
Fortnite — 38 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 53 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 114 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 77 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 81 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 116 FPS[Ultra]

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1.Realme GT Neo 5 SE — 1416021
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo — 1333299
3.Xiaomi Poco F5 — 1302969
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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