Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series vs M5 (iPad)
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series (Adreno 840 (8 CUs)) with the older 10-core Apple M5 (iPad) (custom) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3531K vs 3396K
Pros of Apple M5 (iPad)
- Supports 80% higher memory bandwidth (153 against 84.8 GB/s)
- Performs 69% better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~35%)
- Has 2 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1072515 | 965229 |
| GPU | 1108332 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 543094 | 458312 |
| UX | 807437 | 660296 |
| Total score | 3531378 | 3396957 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [3 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 576.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 374.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 380 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 452.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 549.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 55 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 161.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 153 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 177.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 2.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 5.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 188 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 6580.5 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 4 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 4104 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 30 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17310 |
| Graphics test | - | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 88 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 63 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 46 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-22 (El Bicho) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3349 / 10094 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Mj) | AnTuTu 11 | 3457874 |
Apple M5 (iPad)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (patrick) | AnTuTu 11 | 3511739 |
| π 2026-08-12 (LBWNB) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396957 |
| π 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76909 |
| π 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4193 / 15913 |
| π 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76009 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series and M5 (iPad)CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
4x 4.61 GHz β 6x 2.95 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 840 (8 CUs) | - |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | - |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 512 | - |
| Total shaders | 1024 | - |
| FLOPS | 2457.6 Gigaflops | 4147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 8x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 153 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 2752 x 2064 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X85 | C1X |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | October 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850-1-AB | T8142 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series official site | - |
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