Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G96

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G96 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G96
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G96

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 97%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
CPU 965229 182454
GPU 1313129 44018
Memory 458312 129323
Total score 3396957 493222
UX 660296 137427

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2050 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 G96
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 650 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 93.6 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.54 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.91 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 57.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 48.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 36 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 65.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 216.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 18.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 10 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 3.59 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 121.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 950 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 64
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Announced October 2025 June 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 MT6781
Official page — MediaTek Helio G96 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G99

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 17.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 10 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
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 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-23(sp4wai) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-05->VNSL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-21(bogdan1337) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-26(akbaar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-08(Nathaniel) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-16(Lahmacun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-22(PowerS) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20(Victor monteiiro) — GeekBench CPU

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Call of Duty: Mobile — 42 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 23 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 51 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 72 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 58 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 66 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Data manipulation score — 7218
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 17332
Video editing score — 5051
Web score — 7155
Writing score — 9682

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
1.Tecno Camon 19 Pro — 550230
2.Realme 8i — 500517
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12S — 493222
4.Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro — 486348
5.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S — 484747
6.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro (Global) — 463453
Phones with Helio G96 — AnTuTu v11

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