Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M5 (iPad) with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. 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)

Snapdragon 888

801130

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

4192

Snapdragon 888

1119

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

15639

Snapdragon 888

3680

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 4.6 GHz	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors		10300 million
TDP		8 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	4800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M5 GPU	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	2005 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	10	2
Shaders	1280	512
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2752x2064	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
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		7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	6.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS