Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 7s Gen 2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 965229 312937
GPU 1313129 73407
Memory 458312 196121
Total score 3396957 798429
UX 660296 215964

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.95 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 7s Gen 2
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 7s Gen 2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 142.2 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 9.3 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 89.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 59.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 54 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 98.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 194.1 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 3.91 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 33 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 7.14 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 481.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 940 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 7s Gen 2
Announced October 2025 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7435-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 7s Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2560 x 1600
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 7s Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(AmX) GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-16(Hi) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-05(Rodrigo) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(PacmaceYT) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(Solo) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(Rikirin) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Lufus) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Hi) AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Data manipulation score 11507
Phones tested 11 models
Photo editing score 24734
Video editing score 6946
Web score 13631
Writing score 13590

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1.Motorola Edge 60 Stylus 848851
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G 718523
2.Realme 13 Pro 5G 848531
3.Motorola Moto G67 Power 848362
4.Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G 833876
5.Motorola Edge 50 Fusion 813138
6.Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G 809775
7.Motorola Moto G96 794638
8.Motorola Edge (2024) 763420
9.Xiaomi Poco X6 754967
Phones with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 AnTuTu v11

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