Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 25)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 31.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
CPU 965229 223621
GPU 1313129 32920
Memory 458312 110377
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 139839
Total score — 506757

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A786x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 5
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 1000 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
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 62.6 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 Less than 3
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 99.9 MB/sec
Background blur — 5.96 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 0.17 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 43.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 33.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 67.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 26.5 FPS
Photo processing — 14 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.79 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 1.47 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 1300 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Announced October 2025 July 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM4635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 17 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
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 84MP, 2x 13MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1200
Storage type — UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265
Video playback — 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-08(Ishow_lolan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 7519
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 17589
Video editing score — 3815
Web score — 7809
Writing score — 11947

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
1.Xiaomi Redmi 14C 5G — 506757
2.Xiaomi Redmi A4 5G — 491371
Phones with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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