Apple A9 vs Google Tensor G2

VS

Apple A9 Google Tensor G2

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2850MHz Google Tensor G2 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple A9 Advantages

Lower TDP (5W vs 7W)

Google Tensor G2 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.1424 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2850MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Released 7 years and 1 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A9

285954

Google Tensor G2 +182%

808269

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple A9

623

Google Tensor G2 +90%

1188

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple A9

957

Google Tensor G2 +262%

3468

FP32 (float)

Apple A9

249

Google Tensor G2 +358%

1142

Apple A9

VS

Google Tensor G2

CPU

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Architecture

2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55

1850 MHz

Frequency

2850 MHz

2

Cores

8

3 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

0

14 nm

Process

5 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

7 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

PowerVR GT7600

GPU name

Mali-G710 MP7

650 MHz

GPU frequency

850 MHz

6

Execution units

7

32

Shading units

96

4

Max size

16

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.1424 TFLOPS

1.1

Vulkan version

-

1.2

OpenCL version

-

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

3200 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

14.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

51.2 Gbit/s

AI

Apple M9

NPU

Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

Multimedia (ISP)

Apple M9

Neural processor (NPU)

Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 3.1

2048 x 1536

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Modem

Exynos 5300g

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7350 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3670 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

4.2

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Sep 2015

Announced

Oct 2022

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1022

Model number

-

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