Apple A17 Pro vs Google Tensor G3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2023 vs October 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2023
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
APL1V02
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
9
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
192
-
Execution units
7
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
-
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
4.7 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +68%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +67%
Tensor G3
4477
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153 +52%
Tensor G3
1037145
FP32 (float)
A17 Pro
2146
Tensor G3
2463 +15%