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Apple M5 (iPad)

Apple M5 (iPad)
  • Cores: 10
  • Clock: 4610 MHz
Apple M5 (iPad) – an 10-core chipset that was announced on October 15, 2025, and is manufactured using a 3-nanometer process technology. It has 4 cores at 4610 MHz and 6 cores at 2950 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
99
Gaming Performance
100
Battery life
96
NanoReview Score
99
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Apple M5 (iPad)
3396957
CPU 965229
GPU 1313129
Memory 458312
UX 660296
Total score 3396957
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
4193
Multi-Core Score
15913
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 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
76009
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 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
4104
Score 4104
Stability 71%
Graphics test 30 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
17310
Score 17310
Graphics test 66 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (patrick)AnTuTu 113511739
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (LBWNB)AnTuTu 113396957
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 GPU76909
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 CPU4193 / 15913
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv)Geekbench 6 GPU76009
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv)Geekbench 6 CPU4153 / 15895
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Toxicaliv)AnTuTu 113159489
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Specifications

Detailed specifications of the M5 (iPad) SoC

CPU

Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –
6x 2.95 GHz –
Cores 10
Frequency 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
Process 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC

Graphics

GPU frequency 1620 MHz
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz
Bus 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem C1X
4G support LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes
Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced October 2025
Class Flagship
Model number T8142

Comparison with competitors

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Joe October 25, 2025 at 08:42 AM
Memory Bus 4x 16 Bit -> 8x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 153 -> 153.6 GB/s
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Joe October 25, 2025 at 08:45 AM
GPU name -> Apple M5 GPU Architecture -> Apple GPU Pipelines -> 10 Shading units -> 128 Total shaders -> 1280
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Joe October 29, 2025 at 09:09 PM
Joe, Memory bus still not updated.
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Manong October 23, 2025 at 07:40 AM
it's rare to see an iPad processor be part of mobile soc ranking? what I mean, if you go to laptop section you can find M4 while this M5 just spawn in nowhere lol.
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root October 27, 2025 at 09:42 AM
Correct, we don't include iPad chips in our rating, fixed now.
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Zhinazhu October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It is included in the mobile phone Soc ranking, so when will this Soc be put on the mobile phone
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Lgs October 23, 2025 at 06:02 PM
Tablets are mobile devices.
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Benson October 19, 2025 at 01:30 PM
Bus width should be 4Γ—32 bits which would equate to 153GB/s bandwidth at that memory frequency
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fuuk1 October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
C1X and N1 are the modems in iPad Pro M5, not Snapdragon now.
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Serhii October 16, 2025 at 03:33 PM
Appreciate your comment.
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fuuk1 October 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
9600 MHz -> 4800 MHz
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