Apple A16 Bionic vs Google Tensor G2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Google Tensor G2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2022 (September 2022 vs October 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2022
Launch Date
October 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W10
Model Name
Tensor G2
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 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
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
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
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
8 W
TDP
7 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +116%
Tensor G2
1188
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +93%
Tensor G2
3468
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A16 Bionic
1736 +197%
Tensor G2
584
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
4975 +179%
Tensor G2
1783
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +72%
Tensor G2
824434
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788 +60%
Tensor G2
1119