Apple M3 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100)

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Google Tensor G5 (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Google Tensor G5
Google

Google Tensor G5

59/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 69.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 96%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
CPU 782907 734567
GPU 1029236 183228
Memory 305749 222379
Total score 2777287 1549798
UX 659395 409624

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X45x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3780 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
Modem — Exynos 5400c

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 281.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 24.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.41 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 151.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 162.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 149.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 207.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 634.9 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 46.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 6.79 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 12.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 9 6
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 768
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Announced October 2023 August 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS501

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-21(Noora) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-22(Noora) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-08(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-12(Kaimen) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-30(bang) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31->bang — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-02->bang — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22->Pixeluser — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
Data manipulation score — 14036
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 24584
Video editing score — 7203
Web score — 17237
Writing score — 20213

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G5
1.Google Pixel 10 Pro XL — 1617706
2.Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold — 1553009
3.Google Pixel 10 — 1549798
4.Google Pixel 10 Pro — 1536042
Phones with Tensor G5 — AnTuTu v11

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