Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 46)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

48/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 46.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 48.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 77%
Graphics test — 4 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 780

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU 965229 406119
GPU 1313129 233383
Memory 458312 188085
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 308291
Total score — 1135878

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache — 512 KB
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W
Transistor count — 10.3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X X60
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 22
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3000 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 104.7 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 49 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 156.9 MB/sec
Background blur — 12.1 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 3.37 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.32 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 86.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 72.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 104.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 851.2 FPS
Photo processing — 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 13.1 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1290.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 840 MHz
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 888
Announced October 2025 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM8350
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 51.2 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-22(Thiago) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(hazlanmy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-30(Raffi) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-07(Turtle_tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-08->AlicanTuTu — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Marchi1962) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-18(Soul) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Asus Zenfone 81080 x 2400
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 83 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 89 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 112 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Data manipulation score — 10494
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 29866
Video editing score — 7638
Web score — 12232
Writing score — 15219

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1.Sony Xperia 1 III — 1232200
10.Oppo Find X3 Pro — 1123143
2.Asus ROG Phone 5 — 1227639
3.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G — 1192547
4.OnePlus 9 Pro — 1185805
5.OnePlus 9 — 1157244
6.Huawei P50 Pro — 1141829
7.Xiaomi 11T Pro — 1140220
8.OnePlus 9RT — 1139950
9.Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G — 1138928
Phones with Snapdragon 888 — AnTuTu v11

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