Apple M5 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
4600 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
10
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
24 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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8 MB
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
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Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
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AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
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1x 320MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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SM8850
Graphics
GPU name
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Adreno 840
GPU frequency
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1200 MHz
Shading units
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512
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
4,175
3,834
Geekbench 6
15,577
12,396
FP32 (float)
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3,686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.