Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (25/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Graphics test 30 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
CPU 965229 159583
GPU 1313129 38436
Memory 458312 80418
Total score 3396957 417439
UX 660296 139002

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 384 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
L3 cache 1 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W
Transistor count 3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Modem C1X X15 LTE
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Wi-Fi 7 5
Download speed Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 0.59 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 34.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 33.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 13.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 52.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 149.5 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 12.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 2.12 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 3 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 2.61 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 258 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 504 MHz
DirectX version 12.1
OpenCL version 2.0
Pipelines 2
Shading units 128
Total shaders 256
Vulkan version 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Announced October 2025 May 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number T8142 SDM710
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - Qualcomm Aqstic- aptX- aptX HD
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3360 x 1440
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
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 192MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu
📘 2023-10-03(Nikhil) GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-04-22(gbirkin) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-02-17(Evgenie3311) AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Call of Duty: Mobile 35 FPS[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite1080 x 2340
Fortnite 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 55 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile 39 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Data manipulation score 5855
Phones tested Less than 3
Photo editing score 13187
Video editing score 5633
Web score 6383
Writing score 7602

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
1.Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite 417439
Phones with Snapdragon 710 AnTuTu v11

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