Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

61/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Graphics test 30 FPS 7 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
CPU 965229 562487
GPU 1313129 419835
Memory 458312 279528
Total score 3396957 1660924
UX 660296 399074

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5.5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X Snapdragon X63 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 208.2 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 16.6 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 5.81 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 157.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 152.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.46 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 117.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 165.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 1469.7 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 49.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 5.63 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 23 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 23.1 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 1459.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 950 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Announced October 2025 March 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SM7675-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2560 x 1600
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-04(Samarth Kawade) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-05(Aditay) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-08(Santu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Alex) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Gokul) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Moxnatiybobr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Fahas Pasha) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 13620
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 41779
Video editing score — 6702
Web score — 18307
Writing score — 23052

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1.Realme GT Neo 6 SE — 1695482
2.OnePlus Ace 3V — 1649673
3.OnePlus Nord 4 — 1645573
4.Realme GT 6T — 1570253
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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