Apple M5 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple M5 iPad
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 2630 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs November 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2025
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M5 (iPad)
Model Name
SM7550-AB
4x 4.6 GHz, 6x 2.95 GHz
Architecture
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
2630 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Adreno 720
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2752 x 2064
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
320 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M5 iPad
4259
+271%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1149
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
15265
+350%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3394
AnTuTu 10
M5 iPad
3218762
+276%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
856488
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
4004
Honor 200
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
525
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3832
Honor 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
493
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