Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU 965229 218886
GPU 1313129 99670
Memory 458312 111434
Total score 3396957 572788
UX 660296 142798

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
L3 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W
Transistor count — 3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X X20
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 99.6 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 67.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 66.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 79.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 541.1 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 19.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.88 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 1.24 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 727 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 710 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 845
Announced October 2025 December 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SDM845
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 29.8 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 845
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 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-17(Poco F1) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Stanley) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-01(Ilyass) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-04(Bisfy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-23(Dzikri Khairul) — CPU Throttle

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Call of Duty: Mobile — 55 FPS[High]
Device — Xiaomi Pocophone F11080 x 2246
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 56 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 53 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 48 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Data manipulation score — 6714
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 18641
Video editing score — 6392
Web score — 7215
Writing score — 9480

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1.Xiaomi Pocophone F1 — 595284
2.Google Pixel 3 XL — 568672
3.Google Pixel 3 — 564887
Phones with Snapdragon 845 — AnTuTu v11

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