Apple M5 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 2600

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 2600 (93/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Samsung Exynos 2600
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 2600

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 93.0 Excellent
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 94.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Graphics test 30 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 51 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 39 FPS
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine AI engine with 32K MAC NPU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
CPU 965229 1023425
GPU 1313129 1236436
Memory 458312 384525
Total score 3396957 3161126
UX 660296 516740

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.8 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.25 GHz – C1-Pro6x 2.75 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 10 10
Frequency 4610 MHz 3800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.3-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
L3 cache — 16 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Exynos 5410
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 14790 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 4900 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 459.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 41.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 1.41 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 2.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 344.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 328.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 1.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 259.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 345 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 4524 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 97.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 12.2 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 95 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 7024.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 980 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 8
Shading units — 448
Total shaders — 1792
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Announced October 2025 December 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 S5E9965
Official page — Samsung Exynos 2600 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- 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) Samsung Exynos 2600
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-27(ainvine) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(nenenekete) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(ACoolioDude) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(Bui Tien Duong) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Simon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(David Vasic) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Phrog) — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Data manipulation score — 16909
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 40764
Video editing score — 8171
Web score — 21279
Writing score — 30248

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
1.Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) — 3161830
2.Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos) — 3119822
3.Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 — 3113347
Phones with Exynos 2600 — AnTuTu v11

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