Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (89/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 92)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

89/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent
DeviceBenchmark Score — 89.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — MediaTek NPU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
CPU 965229 896417
GPU 1313129 1062397
Memory 458312 451911
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 621314
Total score — 3032039

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache — 128 KB
L2 cache — 2 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 7300 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
API Metal Vulkan
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 267.6 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 22 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 374.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 37.9 images/sec
Edge detection — 1.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 25 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 1.65 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 259.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 231.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 301.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 3653.8 FPS
Photo processing — 86.8 images/sec
Ray tracing — 10 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 72.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 1612 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 12
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Announced October 2025 January 2026
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MT6991Z/SCZB, MT6991Z/ECZB
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9500s official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 85.3 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 5333 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
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 LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture — 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-04(Zamm 8s) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09->ja_krasavchik — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-15(.) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Crimson) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Negodnik217) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Altamash) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(KotGrom) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Anonymoua) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
1.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max — 3100039
2.Oppo Reno 16 Pro 5G (China) — 3079298
3.Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max — 3032039
4.Oppo Find X9s — 2884942
Phones with Dimensity 9500s — AnTuTu v11

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