Apple A18 Pro vs Google Tensor G5

VS

Apple A18 Pro

Google Tensor G5

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple A18 Pro Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.2272 TFLOPS vs 1.536 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3400MHz)

Google Tensor G5 Advantages

Released 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A18 Pro +19%

1733863

Google Tensor G5

1445942

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple A18 Pro +47%

3337

Google Tensor G5

2267

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple A18 Pro +43%

8218

Google Tensor G5

5712

FP32 (float)

Apple A18 Pro +44%

2227

Google Tensor G5

1536

Apple A18 Pro

VS

Google Tensor G5

CPU

2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –

Architecture

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525

4040 MHz

Frequency

3400 MHz

6

Cores

8

ARMv9.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

4 MB

L2 cache

-

16 MB

L3 cache

-

3 nm

Process

3 nm

10 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Apple A18 Pro GPU

GPU name

-

1450 MHz

GPU frequency

1100 MHz

6

Execution units

-

128

Shading units

-

8

Max size

16

2.2272 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.536 TFLOPS

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

7500 MHz

Memory frequency

-

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

60 GB/s

Max bandwidth

-

AI

Neural Engine

NPU

-

35 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural Engine

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

-

Max display resolution

3840 x 2400

1x 48MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG

Video codecs

- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Audio codecs

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Snapdragon X75

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

-

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 10000 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 3500 Mbps

Upload speed

-

7

Wi-Fi

7

5.3

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Sep 2024

Announced

Aug 2025

Flagship

Class

Flagship

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