Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

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

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
CPU 965229 223621
GPU 1313129 32920
Memory 458312 110377
Total score 3396957 506757
UX 660296 139839

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A786x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 1000 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 99.9 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 5.96 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.17 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 62.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 43.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 33.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 67.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 26.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 14 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.79 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests Less than 3
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 1.47 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Announced October 2025 July 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM4635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1200
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 84MP, 2x 13MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-08(Ishow_lolan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 7519
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 17589
Video editing score — 3815
Web score — 7809
Writing score — 11947

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
1.Xiaomi Redmi 14C 5G — 506757
2.Xiaomi Redmi A4 5G — 491371
Phones with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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