Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 36)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 69%
Graphics test — 2 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 770

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
CPU 965229 326376
GPU 1313129 112186
Memory 458312 170913
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 196945
Total score — 806420

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.7 GHz – Cortex-A783x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2700 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X Snapdragon X53
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 22
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1600 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
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 95.8 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 5 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 160.6 MB/sec
Background blur — 10.8 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.86 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 73.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 56.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 112.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 471.5 FPS
Photo processing — 28.9 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.51 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 7.34 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 736.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 719 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Announced October 2025 November 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM7325-AF
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
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 — 25.6 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
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 200MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2024-05-04(anonymos) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-07-25(Palash) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-10-20->Faizan90 — AnTuTu
📘 2025-10-29->zenith — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-14(kiensec) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-17(zenith) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-15(Prashant) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
Data manipulation score — 8341
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 18954
Video editing score — 5647
Web score — 8240
Writing score — 13368

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G
1.OnePlus Nord CE3 5G — 806420
Phones with Snapdragon 782G — AnTuTu v11

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