Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 97.0 Excellent
Performance 99.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 30 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 52 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 40 FPS
Stability 71% 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 965229 1112833
GPU 1313129 1494722
Memory 458312 442350
Total score 3396957 3950082
UX 660296 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2540
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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