Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 19.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS —
Section 2 63 FPS —
Section 3 46 FPS —
Stability 71% 97%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
CPU 965229 185604
GPU 1313129 26544
Memory 458312 114814
Total score 3396957 424216
UX 660296 97254

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2400 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Modem C1X X11
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed — Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 85.7 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.16 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 49.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 43.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 15.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 59.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 26.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.59 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 35 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 1.48 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 285.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1114 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Announced October 2025 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number T8142 SM6225
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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 680
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 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-10(Anonim) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(adverse) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-18(Hà Xuân Phúc) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-18(Rio Aditama) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Mohammed) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-21->a05stech — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Low]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 111080 x 2400
Fortnite — 23 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 54 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends — 65 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 62 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Data manipulation score — 6097
Phones tested — 16 models
Photo editing score — 14785
Video editing score — 4072
Web score — 7531
Writing score — 8535

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1.Motorola Moto G Play (2024) — 438642
10.Huawei Nova Y91 — 416629
2.Huawei Nova 13i — 437797
3.Samsung Galaxy A05s — 434109
4.Honor X7 — 430527
5.Motorola Moto G32 — 430185
6.Oppo A96 — 430045
7.Motorola Moto G52 — 429690
8.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 — 427429
9.Xiaomi Redmi 10C — 421228
Phones with Snapdragon 680 — AnTuTu v11

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