Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4600 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
10
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
6 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
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AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
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Yes
Max camera resolution
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1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
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Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 1250 Mbps
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Sep 2023
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Graphics
GPU name
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Mali-G610 MP3
GPU frequency
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1000 MHz
Execution units
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3
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
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2.0
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
522,736
Geekbench 6
4,175
1,051
Geekbench 6
15,577
2,500
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.