Apple A18 Pro vs Google Tensor G3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs October 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2024
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18 Pro
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 3.89 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
9
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
-
GPU frequency
890 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
192
-
Execution units
7
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
-

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
4.7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408 +93%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092 +103%
Tensor G3
4477
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119 +91%
Tensor G3
1037145