Google Tensor vs Apple A9

VS

Google Tensor

Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor 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 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )

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

Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Released 6 years and 1 months late

Apple A9 Advantages

Lower TDP (5W vs 5.6W)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor +225%

930661

Apple A9

285954

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor +771%

2170

Apple A9

249

Google Tensor

VS

Apple A9

CPU

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

Architecture

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

2800 MHz

Frequency

1850 MHz

8

Cores

2

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

3 MB

L2 cache

3 MB

0

L3 cache

0

5 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

5.6 W

TDP

5 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G78 MP20

GPU name

PowerVR GT7600

848 MHz

GPU frequency

650 MHz

20

Execution units

6

64

Shading units

32

12

Max size

4

2.1709 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.2496 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.1

2.0

OpenCL version

1.2

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR4

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

1333 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

51.2 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

AI

Tensor Processing Unit

NPU

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Tensor Processing Unit

Neural processor (NPU)

Apple M9

UFS 3.1

Storage type

NVMe

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

2048 x 1536

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 60FPS

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

Exynos 5300g

Modem

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 6

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 7350 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 450 Mbps

Up to 3670 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Oct 2021

Announced

Sep 2015

Flagship

Class

Flagship

S5E9845

Model number

APL1022

Google Tensor

Official page

-

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