Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
CPU 965229 405718
GPU 1313129 179932
Memory 458312 193010
Total score 3396957 1041899
UX 660296 263239

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X —
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 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 157.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 4.05 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 96.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 83.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 59.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 116.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 628.9 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 14 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 17.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 537.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1050 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Announced October 2025 August 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 1920 x 1200
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 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-10->ratulislam-55 — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(Zidan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Super) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(NK) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Ghost) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-04(Chicha | #LYT-600) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Đat) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 11111
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 21690
Video editing score — 7169
Web score — 13557
Writing score — 16942

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1.Motorola Edge 70 Fusion — 1149292
10.Samsung Galaxy Xcover 7 Pro — 961191
2.Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G — 1107631
3.Realme P3 Pro 5G — 1081773
4.Nothing Phone (3a) Pro — 1063109
5.Nothing Phone (3a) — 1050601
6.Vivo T4 5G — 1043525
7.Vivo iQOO Z10 — 1032527
8.Fairphone 6 — 1027025
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G — 1001783
Phones with Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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