Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (77/100), 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 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

77/100
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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 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Graphics test 30 FPS 12 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 26 FPS
Stability 71% 79%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 965229 700525
GPU 1313129 805478
Memory 458312 296043
Total score 3396957 2345563
UX 660296 543517

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
L3 cache — 12 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Modem C1X Snapdragon X75
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, 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 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 256.8 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 24 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 0.98 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 190.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 168.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 209.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 3083.6 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 63.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 7.27 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 139 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 43.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 2774 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 903-1000 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 6
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
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 4.0, UFS 4.1
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 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19(PolNik) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(mitchi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Nipple Power) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Yanu Ptr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Thiện Black) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gadji Tæmæv) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(ThienBlack) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(AnONe) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 14260
Phones tested — 41 models
Photo editing score — 31248
Video editing score — 7905
Web score — 16536
Writing score — 19168

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro Plus — 2647478
10.Vivo iQOO 12 Pro — 2433337
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9S Pro — 2554897
3.ZTE Nubia Z60 Ultra — 2527231
4.Honor 300 Pro — 2508188
5.Asus ROG Phone 9 FE — 2486941
6.Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro — 2486114
7.Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro — 2464181
8.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 — 2456969
9.Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra — 2444132
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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