Apple A9 vs Google Tensor G4

VS

Apple A9

Google Tensor G4

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 3100MHz Google Tensor G4 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G4 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5267 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (64GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3100MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Released 8 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A9

285954

Google Tensor G4 +311%

1176410

FP32 (float)

Apple A9

249

Google Tensor G4 +914%

2526

Apple A9

VS

Google Tensor G4

CPU

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Architecture

1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520

1850 MHz

Frequency

3100 MHz

2

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

3 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

-

14 nm

Process

4 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

PowerVR GT7600

GPU name

Mali-G715 MP7

650 MHz

GPU frequency

940 MHz

6

Execution units

-

32

Shading units

192

4

Max size

16

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

2.5267 TFLOPS

1.1

Vulkan version

1.3

1.2

OpenCL version

2.0

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5X

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

4200 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

14.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

64 Gbit/s

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 2400

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Max camera resolution

-

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

Exynos 5400

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

4.2

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Sep 2015

Announced

Aug 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1022

Model number

-

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