Apple A18 vs Google Tensor G2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Google Tensor G2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2024
Launch Date
October 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18
Model Name
Tensor G2
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP7
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.1424 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
5
Execution units
7
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
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
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+186%
Tensor G2
1188
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+126%
Tensor G2
3468
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+81%
Tensor G2
824434
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
+63%
Tensor G2
1119
