Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G99

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G99 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G99
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G99

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 26.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
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 G99
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
CPU 965229 218545
GPU 1313129 43804
Memory 458312 156545
Total score 3396957 554590
UX 660296 135696

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 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
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
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 G99
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 96.3 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.68 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 63.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 52 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 72.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 251.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 16.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.79 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 82 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 4.16 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 128 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1000 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 G99
Announced October 2025 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 MT6789
Official page — MediaTek Helio G99 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
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 2.2
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 108MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-09(den) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(pn08532) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Kien) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Xuân Thịnh) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gigachad) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Mugivara29) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-26(Neeraj) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Call of Duty: Mobile — 37 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Cubot X701080 x 2408
Genshin Impact — 48 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 55 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 86 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 91 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 66 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Data manipulation score — 7349
Phones tested — 37 models
Photo editing score — 25535
Video editing score — 6615
Web score — 9196
Writing score — 12807

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
1.Tecno Camon 30 — 591209
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 4G — 570767
2.Tecno Spark 20 Pro — 586415
3.Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus — 585344
4.Infinix Hot 40 Pro — 583602
5.Vivo V27e — 581988
6.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14S — 581553
7.Infinix Note 40 — 581489
8.Tecno Pova 6 — 575538
9.Tecno Camon 20 Pro — 574290
Phones with Helio G99 — AnTuTu v11

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