Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
CPU 965229 317655
GPU 1313129 133002
Memory 458312 139358
Total score 3396957 840353
UX 660296 250338

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Snapdragon X62
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 159.3 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 9.61 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.6 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 97.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 68.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 56.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 116 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 382 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 27.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.45 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 24 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 14.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 517.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1010 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Announced October 2025 September 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM6475-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
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, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-27(Dylan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Dylan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01->LynxVex — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02(Nasri) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(bagassetiawan) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-18(bagassetiawan) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-25->Fadent — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 10326
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 24677
Video editing score — 7296
Web score — 14144
Writing score — 14497

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1.Samsung Galaxy A27 5G — 903337
10.Motorola Moto G75 5G — 790810
2.Sony Xperia 10 VII — 895533
3.Motorola Moto G Stylus (2026) — 894500
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 SE 5G — 868311
5.Xiaomi Poco M8 5G — 859658
6.Samsung Galaxy A36 5G — 844447
7.Sony Xperia 10 VIII — 831447
8.Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2025) — 831447
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G — 830765
Phones with Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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