Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 900
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 (iPad) (99/100)
Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 900 (35/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| NanoReview Score | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 35.0 Poor |
| Performance | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 32.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Section 1 | 88 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 63 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 46 FPS | — |
| Stability | 71% | 99% |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 965229 | 266132 |
| GPU | 1313129 | 71827 |
| Memory | 458312 | 150753 |
| Total score | 3396957 | 671241 |
| UX | 660296 | 182529 |
CPU
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – | 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | — |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| L3 cache | — | 2 MB |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | — | 4 W |
| Transistor count | — | 10 billion |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Modem | C1X | — |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Download speed | — | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Upload speed | — | Up to 1250 Mbps |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| API | Metal | OpenCL |
| Asset compression | 576.8 MB/sec | 120 MB/sec |
| Background blur | 55 images/sec | 7.34 images/sec |
| Edge detection | 2.84 Gpixels/sec | 0.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Face detection | 177.6 images/sec | 1.74 images/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.95 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 5.76 Gpixels/sec | 0.11 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 549.3 Mpixels/sec | 76.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 374.9 pages/sec | 64.5 pages/sec |
| Horizon detection | 2.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 452.7 images/sec | 45.3 images/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 380 Mpixels/sec | 73.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 6580.5 FPS | 403.2 FPS |
| Photo processing | 161.4 images/sec | 21.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.3 Mpixels/sec | 3.23 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 4 tests | 5 tests |
| Stereo matching | 188 Gpixels/sec | 7.08 Gpixels/sec |
Graphics
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 4147.2 Gigaflops | 230.4 Gigaflops |
| GPU frequency | 1620 MHz | 900 MHz |
| OpenCL version | — | 2.0 |
| Pipelines | — | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 32 |
| Total shaders | — | 128 |
| Vulkan version | — | 1.3 |
Info
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | October 2025 | May 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | T8142 | MT6877 |
| Official page | — | MediaTek Dimensity 900 official site |
| Successor | — | -MediaTek Dimensity 7050 |
Memory
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 153 Gb/s | — |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Max camera resolution | — | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2026-07-17->Libero | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2023-12-05(real estate agent) | — | GeekBench CPU |
| 📘 2023-12-21(RAHHHHH) | — | GeekBench CPU |
| 📘 2024-02-11(bork) | — | GeekBench GPU |
| 📘 2024-04-07(Vishnu) | — | GeekBench CPU |
| 📘 2026-01-23(Adit Tia Pratama) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-02-10(Arun) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-04-04(Jeans) | — | AnTuTu |
PCMark 3.0
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Data manipulation score | — | 9360 |
| Phones tested | — | 2 models |
| Photo editing score | — | 30860 |
| Video editing score | — | 8031 |
| Web score | — | 13144 |
| Writing score | — | 19188 |
Smartphones
| Specification | Apple M5 (iPad) | MediaTek Dimensity 900 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Samsung Galaxy M53 | — | 680628 |
| 2.Oppo Find X5 Lite | — | 671241 |
| 3.Infinix Zero 5G | — | 655806 |
| Phones with Dimensity 900 | — | AnTuTu v11 |
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