Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A7153x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
4600 MHz
2630 MHz
Cores
10
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
320 KB
—
L2 cache
16 MB
—
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
TDP
—
6 W
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
3360 x 1600
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Yes
Max camera resolution
—
1x 200MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
—
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 1600 Mbps
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Nov 2023
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
—
SM7550-AB
Graphics
GPU name
—
Adreno 720
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
2.0
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
866,863
Geekbench 6
4,175
1,139
Geekbench 6
15,577
3,375
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.