Apple M5 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M5 (iPad) with HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G. 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 985 5G

467882

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

4192

Kirin 985 5G

699

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

15639

Kirin 985 5G

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 4.6 GHz	1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	4800 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M5 GPU	Mali-G77 MP8
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	2005 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	10	8
Shaders	1280	128
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2752x2064	3120x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fp
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	6.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS