Apple A18 Pro vs Google Tensor
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and Google Tensor mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs October 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2024
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18 Pro
Model Name
S5E9845
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
-
GPU frequency
848 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
20
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
-
L2 Cache
3 MB
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
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
5.6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+158%
Tensor
1319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+181%
Tensor
3234
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+143%
Tensor
813782
