Apple M5 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 1280 (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 29)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Samsung Exynos 1280
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 1280

32/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 32.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 95%
Graphics test — 2 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
NPU theoretical performance — 4.3 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) — Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
CPU 965229 256114
GPU 1313129 71758
Memory 458312 95251
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 192302
Total score — 615425

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 2550 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1280 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
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 68.7 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 37 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 102.4 MB/sec
Background blur — 6.2 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.62 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 52.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 37 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 71.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 408.3 FPS
Photo processing — 16.9 images/sec
Ray tracing — 3.15 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 229.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 897 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Announced October 2025 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Model number — S5E8825
Official page — Samsung Exynos 1280 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 1580

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 4800 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 17 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
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 108MP
Max display resolution — 2960 x 1440
Storage type — UFS 2.2
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-30(🇻🇳 CuoiLaoXuongSong) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(MusteryLodall) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-11(Pikolano) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-15(OmPhanLaoRaBien) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(DJ) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Adi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SacredGold14 — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Data manipulation score — 8838
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 22696
Video editing score — 7350
Web score — 9628
Writing score — 13552

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
1.Samsung Galaxy A53 5G — 621907
2.Samsung Galaxy A25 — 617315
3.Samsung Galaxy A33 5G — 615425
4.Samsung Galaxy M34 5G — 603449
5.Samsung Galaxy M33 5G — 598004
Phones with Exynos 1280 — AnTuTu v11

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