Google Tensor vs Apple A18 Pro

VS

Google Tensor

Apple A18 Pro

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor vs. 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor Advantages

Lower TDP (5.6W vs 10W)

Apple A18 Pro Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.2272 TFLOPS vs 2.1709 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 2800MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Released 2 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor

930661

Apple A18 Pro +86%

1733863

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Google Tensor

1317

Apple A18 Pro +153%

3337

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Google Tensor

3208

Apple A18 Pro +156%

8218

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor

2170

Apple A18 Pro +2%

2227

Google Tensor

VS

Apple A18 Pro

CPU

2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55

Architecture

2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –

2800 MHz

Frequency

4040 MHz

8

Cores

6

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

3 MB

L2 cache

4 MB

0

L3 cache

16 MB

5 nm

Process

3 nm

5.6 W

TDP

10 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G78 MP20

GPU name

Apple A18 Pro GPU

848 MHz

GPU frequency

1450 MHz

20

Execution units

6

64

Shading units

128

12

Max size

8

2.1709 TFLOPS

FLOPS

2.2272 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

-

2.0

OpenCL version

-

12

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR5X

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

7500 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

51.2 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

60 GB/s

AI

Tensor Processing Unit

NPU

Neural Engine

-

Theoretical Performance

35 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Tensor Processing Unit

Neural processor (NPU)

Neural Engine

UFS 3.1

Storage type

NVMe

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

-

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 48MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

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

Exynos 5300g

Modem

Snapdragon X75

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7350 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 3670 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

7

5.2

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Oct 2021

Announced

Sep 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

S5E9845

Model number

-

Google Tensor

Official page

-

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