Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 7030 (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 7030
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 7030

37/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Graphics test 30 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 550

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
CPU 965229 274719
GPU 1313129 92479
Memory 458312 136154
Total score 3396957 765130
UX 660296 261578

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 6
Download speed — Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1250 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 124.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 7.46 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 1.41 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 78 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 60.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 49.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 87.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 407.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 23.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 3.31 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 4.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 384 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1000 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 64
Total shaders — 192
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Announced October 2025 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 —
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 7030 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-04(Leon) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-04->Thetusek302 — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-07(Polar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09->Maryblood — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Data manipulation score — 10769
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 32979
Video editing score — 7564
Web score — 15129
Writing score — 18936

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 7030
1.Motorola Edge 40 Neo — 765130
2.Motorola Edge (2023) — 665664
Phones with Dimensity 7030 — AnTuTu v11

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