Product Compare
Apple M5 (iPad) vs Apple A16 Bionic
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – | 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
| Frequency | 4600 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | 320 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 0 |
| Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Transistor count | 16 | |
| TDP | 8 W | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 153 Gb/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Apple Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Oct 2025 | Sep 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | |
| Execution units | 5 | |
| Shading units | 128 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 3155649 | 1441069 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 4175 | 2627 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 15577 | 6838 |