Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Graphics test 30 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 698

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU 965229 378231
GPU 1313129 155526
Memory 458312 174975
Total score 3396957 1010069
UX 660296 301337

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W
Transistor count — 10.3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X X55
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3000 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 12 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 80 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 650.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 34 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1029.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 670 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Announced October 2025 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8250-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-11(Disnaro 🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13->EXR — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-22(DAP) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(fx_one_love) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Black Shark 41080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 49 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 102 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 107 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Data manipulation score — 9987
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 28690
Video editing score — 5825
Web score — 11701
Writing score — 15274

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1.Xiaomi Black Shark 4 — 1077688
2.Realme GT Neo 2 — 1074464
3.OnePlus 9R — 1032318
4.Xiaomi Poco F3 — 1014957
5.Xiaomi Poco F4 — 1002919
6.Xiaomi 12X — 994972
7.Realme GT Neo 3T — 939442
Phones with Snapdragon 870 — AnTuTu v11

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