Apple A18 vs Google Tensor G3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
September 2024
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 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 A18 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
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
-
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
4.7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+93%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+75%
Tensor G3
4477
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+44%
Tensor G3
1037145
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Tensor G3
2463
+35%
