Apple A16 Bionic
vs
Google Tensor G4

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Google Tensor G4 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3100 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2024 (September 2022 vs August 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2022
Launch Date
August 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1W10
Model Name
Tensor G4
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3100 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
940 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5267 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
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
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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
-
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
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +25%
Tensor G4
2045
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +36%
Tensor G4
4932
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Tensor G4
2475 +38%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +18%
Tensor G4
1199938