Google Tensor G5 vs Apple A9

VS

Google Tensor G5

Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G5 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Released 9 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor G5 +405%

1445942

Apple A9

285954

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor G5 +516%

1536

Apple A9

249

Google Tensor G5

VS

Apple A9

CPU

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

Architecture

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

3400 MHz

Frequency

1850 MHz

8

Cores

2

ARMv9.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

-

L2 cache

3 MB

-

L3 cache

0

3 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

-

TDP

5 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

-

GPU name

PowerVR GT7600

1100 MHz

GPU frequency

650 MHz

-

Execution units

6

-

Shading units

32

16

Max size

4

1.536 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.2496 TFLOPS

-

Vulkan version

1.1

-

OpenCL version

1.2

-

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR4

-

Memory frequency

1333 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

-

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Apple M9

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Storage type

NVMe

3840 x 2400

Max display resolution

2048 x 1536

1x 200MP

Max camera resolution

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

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

Video codecs

H.264, H.265

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

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Connectivity

-

4G support

LTE Cat. 6

Yes

5G support

No

-

Download speed

Up to 450 Mbps

-

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

7

Wi-Fi

5

5.4

Bluetooth

4.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Aug 2025

Announced

Sep 2015

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

APL1022

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