Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 3730 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs April 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
October 2025
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M5 (iPad)
Model Name
MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA
4x 4.6 GHz, 6x 2.95 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925, 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4, 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
-
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
-
FLOPS
4.9521 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2752 x 2064
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
320 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
12 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 890
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M5 iPad
4259
+44%
Dimensity 9400 Plus
2956
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
15265
+68%
Dimensity 9400 Plus
9090
AnTuTu 10
M5 iPad
3218762
+20%
Dimensity 9400 Plus
2678086
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
17608
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
11422
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3259
Realme GT 7 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
834
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3986
Xiaomi Redmi K80 Extreme Edition
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
789
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
22044
OnePlus Ace 5 Ultra
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
11756
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
4004
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2427
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3832
Realme GT 7 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2491
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