Apple M5 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G2 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor G2
Google

Google Tensor G2

49/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Graphics test 30 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 78%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
CPU 965229 384056
GPU 1313129 278383
Memory 458312 220709
Total score 3396957 1186373
UX 660296 303255

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Exynos 5300g
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3670 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 149.9 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.96 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 105.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 99.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 110.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 972.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 35.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.26 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 11.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 759.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 848 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 64
Total shaders — 448
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Announced October 2025 October 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 GS201 (S5P9855)
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
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 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-11(zeesun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(klaut) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Ndraa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20->Dnhlst244. — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(XHV150) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Th3Vulkan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(shu-) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06->shu- — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Data manipulation score — 11061
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 18842
Video editing score — 6434
Web score — 7923
Writing score — 15053

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
1.Google Pixel 7 — 1203381
2.Google Pixel 7a — 1126520
3.Google Pixel 7 Pro — 1122581
4.Google Pixel Fold — 859865
Phones with Tensor G2 — AnTuTu v11

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