Apple M5 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M5 (iPad) with HiSilicon Kirin 950. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

M5 (iPad)

Kirin 950

135741

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

4192

Kirin 950

341

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

15639

Kirin 950

1294

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 4.6 GHz	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP		5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	4800 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M5 GPU	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	2005 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	10	4
Shaders	1280	64
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2752x2064
Max camera resolution		1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	6.0	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS