Apple M5 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple M5 iPad
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs September 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M5 (iPad)
Model Name
SM8850
4x 4.6 GHz, 6x 2.95 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Adreno 840
-
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2752 x 2064
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
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
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
320 KB
L1 Cache
-
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 cache
16 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M5 iPad
4259
+13%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
15265
+21%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
AnTuTu 10
M5 iPad
3218762
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+30%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
17608
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3259
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3986
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
22044
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
4004
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
3832
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
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