Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G85

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G85 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G85
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G85

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
CPU 965229 134798
GPU 1313129 28350
Memory 458312 87667
Total score 3396957 348562
UX 660296 97747

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 100 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 3.04 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.09 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 45.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 51.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 100.4 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 14.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 1.99 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 35 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1000 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 24
Total shaders — 48
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Announced October 2025 April 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 MT6769Z
Official page — MediaTek Helio G85 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G88

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-03(viko) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07->Nanoreview282 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-10(Geraldo Jr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(hasnel) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Lucas) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-15(Cy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-22(Võ Hạo Nhiên) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Jasur) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 91080 x 2340
Fortnite — 21 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 46 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 45 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 49 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 51 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Data manipulation score — 5552
Phones tested — 20 models
Photo editing score — 16644
Video editing score — 6167
Web score — 8358
Writing score — 9124

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
1.Realme C65 — 378813
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 — 346495
2.Vivo Y18 — 364688
3.Motorola Moto G13 — 363239
4.Xiaomi Redmi 12C — 362896
5.Tecno Pova 2 — 362076
6.Xiaomi Redmi 13C — 361045
7.Xiaomi Poco C65 — 360675
8.Tecno Spark 20 — 349064
9.Tecno Camon 20 — 346842
Phones with Helio G85 — AnTuTu v11

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