Apple A16 Bionic
vs
Google Tensor G5

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and Google Tensor G5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2025 (September 2022 vs August 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2022
Launch Date
August 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
Tensor G5
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
-
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.536 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
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
5.4
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

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
1x 200MP
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 +15%
Tensor G5
2222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +19%
Tensor G5
5598
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788 +14%
Tensor G5
1567
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +0%
Tensor G5
1417023