Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

43/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Graphics test 30 FPS 4 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 7 Gen 3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 965229 411404
GPU 1313129 217586
Memory 458312 154808
Total score 3396957 1027925
UX 660296 244127

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2630 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X Snapdragon X63
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 155 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 11.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 3.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 92.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 55.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 101.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 395.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 3.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 15.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 998.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 975 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Announced October 2025 November 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7550-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2880 x 1800
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-10(Arafat) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(Kirei) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-15(Iulitic211Rg) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20(Tapnbridge) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Raad) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Baclaven) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 10354
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 25101
Video editing score — 7333
Web score — 12784
Writing score — 12578

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1.Motorola Edge 50 Pro — 1090709
10.Vivo T3 Pro 5G — 1014174
2.Honor 400 — 1087525
3.OnePlus Nord CE4 — 1051702
4.Honor 100 — 1045163
5.Vivo iQOO Z9 5G — 1027925
6.Vivo V30 — 1026500
7.Vivo V50 5G — 1018053
8.HTC U24 Pro — 1016461
9.Vivo iQOO Z9s Pro — 1015447
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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