Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2021 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2021
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W07
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
9
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
5
Execution units
7
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
-
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
4.7 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+32%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+28%
Tensor G3
4477
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+27%
Tensor G3
1037145
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Tensor G3
2463
+47%
