Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio A22

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4600 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
10
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
320 KB
32 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
-
Process
3 nm
12 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
TDP
-
4 W

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
1600 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
13.9 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
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Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
1600 x 720
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
NeuroPilot
Max camera resolution
-
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Download speed
-
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps

Info

Announced
Oct 2025
Jun 2018
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
-
MT6761V/WAB
Official page
-

Graphics

GPU name
-
PowerVR GE8300
GPU frequency
-
660 MHz
Execution units
-
2
Shading units
-
8
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
1.2
DirectX version
-
12

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
-
Geekbench 6
4,175
334
Geekbench 6
15,577
1,149
FP32 (float)
-
20