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.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 32)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 900
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 900

35/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%
Graphics test — 2 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — MediaTek APU 3.0

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
CPU 965229 266132
GPU 1313129 71827
Memory 458312 150753
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 182529
Total score — 671241

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
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 —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
L3 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W
Transistor count — 10 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1250 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec —
Background blur 55 images/sec —
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 177.6 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 76.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 452.7 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS —
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec —
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 4 tests 5 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 120 MB/sec
Background blur — 7.34 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.74 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 64.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 45.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 73.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 403.2 FPS
Photo processing — 21.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 3.23 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 7.08 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 230.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 900 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Announced October 2025 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MT6877
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 900 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 60FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 —
Video playback 4K at 60FPS —
Audio codecs — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
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

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
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

Smartphones specifications comparison
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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