Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 (iPad) (99/100)
Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (95/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| NanoReview Score | 99.0 Excellent | — |
| Performance | 99.0 Excellent | — |
| AI Performance | — | 95.0 Excellent |
| Battery Efficiency | — | 93.0 Excellent |
| CPU Performance | — | 96.0 Excellent |
| DeviceBenchmark Score | — | 95.0 Excellent |
| Gaming Performance | — | 97.0 Excellent |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | — |
| Section 1 | 88 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 63 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 46 FPS | — |
| Stability | 71% | — |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | — |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 965229 | Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) |
| GPU | 1313129 | Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) |
| Memory | 458312 | — |
| Total score | 3396957 | — |
| UX | 660296 | — |
CPU
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – | — |
| Cores | 10 | — |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | — |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | — |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | — |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | — |
| Process | 3 nanometers | — |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | — |
| 5G support | Yes | — |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | — |
| Modem | C1X | Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF (10 Gbps peak) |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | — |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | — |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| API | Metal | — |
| Asset compression | 576.8 MB/sec | — |
| Background blur | 55 images/sec | — |
| Edge detection | 2.84 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Face detection | 177.6 images/sec | — |
| Feature matching | 0.95 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Gaussian blur | 5.76 Gpixels/sec | — |
| HDR | 549.3 Mpixels/sec | — |
| HTML 5 Browser | 374.9 pages/sec | — |
| Horizon detection | 2.22 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Image detection | 452.7 images/sec | — |
| PDF Renderer | 380 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Particle physics | 6580.5 FPS | — |
| Photo processing | 161.4 images/sec | — |
| Ray tracing | 18.3 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Samples | 4 tests | — |
| Stereo matching | 188 Gpixels/sec | — |
Graphics
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 4147.2 Gigaflops | — |
| GPU frequency | 1620 MHz | — |
Info
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | October 2025 | — |
| Class | Flagship | — |
| Model number | T8142 | — |
Memory
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | — |
| Max bandwidth | 153 Gb/s | — |
| Max size | 24 GB | — |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | — |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | — |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | — |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | — |
| Storage type | NVMe | — |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | — |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | — |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | — |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2026-07-17->Libero | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) | AnTuTu | — |
Architecture
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Lithography | — | TSMC 3nm (N3E Node) |
Performance
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Cpu | 965229 | Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) |
| Gpu | 1313129 | Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) |
| Npu | — | Hexagon NPU (45% Faster AI Compute) |
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