Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Graphics test 30 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 17 FPS
Stability 71% 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU 965229 553922
GPU 1313129 434880
Memory 458312 311861
Total score 3396957 1757044
UX 660296 456381

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8.5 W
Transistor count — 16 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Modem C1X Snapdragon X70
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 218.9 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 18.8 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 5.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 167.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 145.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.53 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 133 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 168.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 2177.4 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 34.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 5.78 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 132 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 32.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2089 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 680 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Announced October 2025 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8550-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 8 Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-02(w1ndyy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06(berkayvaihimself) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Turtle tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Sevin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(stepp90q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ploxou) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Simon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(kyryl) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro1116 x 2480
Fortnite — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 90 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 118 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 14272
Phones tested — 9 models
Photo editing score — 32179
Video editing score — 7265
Web score — 13957
Writing score — 17828

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1.Oppo Find X6 Pro — 1933763
10.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro — 1825719
2.OnePlus Ace 2 Pro — 1908978
3.OnePlus Ace 3 — 1907512
4.Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate — 1899814
5.Vivo X90 Pro Plus — 1869058
6.OnePlus 11 — 1846250
7.OnePlus 12R — 1844595
8.ZTE Nubia Z50 Ultra — 1842269
9.Asus ROG Phone 7 — 1828576
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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