Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Graphics test 30 FPS 6 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 8 Plus Gen 1
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU 965229 537485
GPU 1313129 241551
Memory 458312 254727
Total score 3396957 1420808
UX 660296 387045

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 6 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X Snapdragon X65
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3670 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 190.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 16 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 5.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 141.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 126.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 666.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 72 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 24.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1843.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 900 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 8 Plus Gen 1
Announced October 2025 May 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8475
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-22(Euro Fighter Typhoon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Rutar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Nam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(HAbib) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10(oneplus enjoyer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15->Zay — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(Pietro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Aбдyxaким) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 47 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 58 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 89 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 114 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 12439
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 32017
Video editing score — 7462
Web score — 12737
Writing score — 16257

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1.Asus Zenfone 9 — 1640834
10.Honor 90 Pro — 1463370
2.Xiaomi 12S Ultra — 1627862
3.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro — 1601869
4.Huawei Mate X3 — 1530652
5.Realme GT3 — 1486727
6.OnePlus Ace 2 — 1481118
7.Asus ROG Phone 6 — 1478125
8.Xiaomi 12T Pro — 1469638
9.Realme GT Neo 5 — 1466734
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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