Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 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 778G
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 770

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
CPU 965229 326426
GPU 1313129 101452
Memory 458312 119484
Total score 3396957 783606
UX 660296 236244

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X X53
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 157.1 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 91.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 70.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 55.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 113.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 370.4 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.17 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 68 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 5.75 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 563.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 550 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Announced October 2025 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7325
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 25.6 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 778G
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 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-10->VoidxEo — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(juguilon54) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18->juguilon54 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Aaron) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10->SynX — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(CarlosSM) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(kat) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 42 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Oppo Realme GT Master Edition1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 53 FPS[High]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 49 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 94 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Data manipulation score — 9642
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 24463
Video editing score — 6994
Web score — 10945
Writing score — 14285

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
1.Motorola Edge (2021) — 825910
10.Oppo Reno 10 Pro 5G — 780824
2.Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro — 813720
3.Huawei Nova 11 — 808054
4.Motorola Edge 20 — 804228
5.Honor 50 — 800677
6.Huawei Nova 9 — 798218
7.Vivo V29 — 795977
8.Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE — 791030
9.Xiaomi 12 Lite — 781542
Phones with Snapdragon 778G — AnTuTu v11

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