Apple A16 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2022 vs October 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2022
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W10
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
9
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
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
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
-

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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, 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
8 W
TDP
4.7 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +45%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +49%
Tensor G3
4477
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +37%
Tensor G3
1037145
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Tensor G3
2463 +38%