Apple M5 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G5

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G5 (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 69.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Graphics test 30 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS
Stability 71% 96%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
CPU 965229 734567
GPU 1313129 183228
Memory 458312 222379
Total score 3396957 1549798
UX 660296 409624

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X45x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3780 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
L3 cache 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
4G support LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Exynos 5400c
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 281.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 24.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 2.41 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 151.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 162.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 149.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 207.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 634.9 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 46.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 6.79 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 12.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1100 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0
Pipelines 6
Shading units 128
Total shaders 768
Vulkan version 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Announced October 2025 August 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 GS501

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-30(bang) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31->bang GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-02->bang AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22->Pixeluser AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Data manipulation score 14036
Phones tested 4 models
Photo editing score 24584
Video editing score 7203
Web score 17237
Writing score 20213

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
1.Google Pixel 10 Pro XL 1617706
2.Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold 1553009
3.Google Pixel 10 1549798
4.Google Pixel 10 Pro 1536042
Phones with Tensor G5 AnTuTu v11

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