Apple M5 (iPad) vs Apple M4 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
Frequency
4600 MHz
4400 MHz
Cores
10
9
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
-
28
TDP
-
20 W
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
7500 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
120 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
38 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
2064 x 2752
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- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
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 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
May 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Graphics
GPU name
-
Apple M4 GPU
GPU frequency
-
1598 MHz
Execution units
-
10
Shading units
-
128
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
2,713,488
Geekbench 6
4,175
3,767
Geekbench 6
15,577
14,677
FP32 (float)
-
4,090