Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 76)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

76/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
DeviceBenchmark Score — 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 83%
Graphics test — 13 FPS
Section 1 — 34 FPS
Section 2 — 29 FPS
Section 3 — 25 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
CPU 965229 645495
GPU 1313129 809405
Memory 458312 372805
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 486712
Total score — 2314417

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache — 128 KB
L2 cache — 2 MB
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X Snapdragon X75
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 4200 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
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 216.4 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 50 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 293.4 MB/sec
Background blur — 23.4 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 16.8 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 1.2 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 188.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 152.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 2750.3 FPS
Photo processing — 55.2 images/sec
Ray tracing — 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 70.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2355.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
DirectX version — 12
GPU frequency — 1150 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Announced October 2025 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 —
Model number — SM8735
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 — 76.8 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 4800 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 320MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 4.0
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-12->Sakivuu — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13(Jit) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Suleiman) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Buggy67) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(z2z3x5) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Dice Morgan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(DavidB) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Srinu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 13734
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 26988
Video editing score — 7750
Web score — 15597
Writing score — 17764

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1.Meizu 22 — 2454886
10.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro — 2292541
2.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro — 2391144
3.Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global) — 2391014
4.OnePlus Turbo 6 — 2382990
5.Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro — 2375195
6.Nothing Phone (3) — 2371693
7.Honor 500 — 2344395
8.Oppo K13 Turbo Pro — 2341700
9.OnePlus Nord 6 — 2314061
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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