Apple A9 vs Google Tensor G3

VS

Apple A9 Google Tensor G3

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G3 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (4.7W vs 5W)

Released 8 years and 1 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A9

285954

Google Tensor G3 +255%

1016809

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple A9

623

Google Tensor G3 +183%

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple A9

957

Google Tensor G3 +367%

4477

FP32 (float)

Apple A9

249

Google Tensor G3 +869%

2415

Apple A9

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Google Tensor G3

CPU

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Architecture

1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510

1850 MHz

Frequency

2910 MHz

2

Cores

9

3 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

-

14 nm

Process

4 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

4.7 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

PowerVR GT7600

GPU name

Mali-G715 MP7

650 MHz

GPU frequency

890 MHz

6

Execution units

7

32

Shading units

192

4

Max size

16

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

2.4158 TFLOPS

1.1

Vulkan version

-

1.2

OpenCL version

-

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5X

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

-

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

14.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

-

AI

Apple M9

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Apple M9

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

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

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

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

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7300 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

7

4.2

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Sep 2015

Announced

Oct 2023

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1022

Model number

-

Official page

Google Tensor G3

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