Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Google Tensor mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2021 (September 2021 vs October 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2021
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W07
Model Name
S5E9845
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
5 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
5
Execution units
20
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
12 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
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
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
5.6 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+77%
Tensor
1319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+78%
Tensor
3234
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A15 Bionic
1665
+185%
Tensor
584
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
4501
+152%
Tensor
1783
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+62%
Tensor
813782
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Tensor
2213
+32%
