Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G88

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G88 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 18)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Helio G88
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G88

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 24.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Graphics test 30 FPS —
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%
Graphics test — 1 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — MediaTek APU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
CPU 965229 144055
GPU 1313129 28590
Memory 458312 86093
Total score 3396957 —
UX 660296 106263
Total score — 365001

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Wi-Fi 7 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 7
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 100 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
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 45.1 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 15 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 74.4 MB/sec
Background blur — 3.14 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.09 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 37.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 26 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 50.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 168 FPS
Photo processing — 13.8 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.11 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 3.57 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz —
GPU frequency — 1000 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 24
Total shaders — 48
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Announced October 2025 June 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 —
Model number — MT6769H
Official page — MediaTek Helio G88 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
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 — 13.41 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1800 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
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 — - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture — 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 2K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-25(Windex) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-30(PhantomHail) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-08(HimerOpi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-26(Shahin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Sanul) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(Mpanpis) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(user_chupapu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-17(StalinxQQ) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
Data manipulation score — 5214
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 18013
Video editing score — 6126
Web score — 10167
Writing score — 7926

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G88
1.Xiaomi Redmi 10 — 385831
10.TCL 50 SE — 304588
2.Infinix Hot 40 — 378680
3.Tecno Spark 10 Pro — 377243
4.Xiaomi Redmi 12 — 370165
5.Realme C55 — 365001
6.Xiaomi Redmi 10 2022 — 362744
7.Honor X8a — 339004
8.Tecno Pova 3 — 336634
9.Infinix Hot 30 — 331642
Phones with Helio G88 — AnTuTu v11

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