Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

30/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 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 730
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Qualcomm Hexagon 688

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
CPU 965229 220418
GPU 1313129 44373
Memory 458312 95755
Total score 3396957 502844
UX 660296 142298

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (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 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X X15
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 94.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.65 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 56.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 49 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 35.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 62.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 200 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 18.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.73 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.53 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 358.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 700 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Announced October 2025 April 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7150-AA
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
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 3.0
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 192MP, 2x 22MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-10(Donotcare) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-12(Rama) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-19(Breno) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-19(Fixis) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-06-21(Jim.0) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-22(Brian) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Call of Duty: Mobile — 36 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi9T1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 30 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends — 35 FPS[Medium]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Data manipulation score — 7006
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 15521
Video editing score — 5546
Web score — 6861
Writing score — 9110

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
1.Samsung Galaxy A71 — 513272
2.Xiaomi Mi 9T — 502844
3.Samsung Galaxy M51 — 414283
Phones with Snapdragon 730 — AnTuTu v11

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