Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor

Flagship

In Geekbench, the Apple A15 Bionic is 71% faster in single-core and 66% faster in multi-core. Where the Google Tensor does better: newer RAM type (LPDDR5 vs LPDDR4X) and 50% faster RAM (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor: key differences

Where the Apple A15 Bionic leads

15% higher peak CPU clock

3.23 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv8.5-A vs ARMv8.2-A
8x larger L3 cache

32 MB vs 4 MB
58% more GPU compute power

1712 GFLOPS vs 1085 GFLOPS
66% faster in Geekbench multi-core

5,457 vs 3,294
71% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,372 vs 1,384

Where the Google Tensor leads

Newer RAM type

LPDDR5 vs LPDDR4X
50% faster RAM

3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Apple A15 Bionic 12,00,314

Google Tensor 9,87,312

Geekbench Single-Core

+71% faster

Apple A15 Bionic 2,372

Google Tensor 1,384

Geekbench Multi-Core

+66% faster

Apple A15 Bionic 5,457

Google Tensor 3,294

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Apple A15 Bionic Google Tensor

Overview

Launch Date: September 2021; October 2021
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Apple; Google
Model Number: APL1W07; GS101

CPU

Total Cores: 6; 8
Core Configuration: 2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance)
4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency); 2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex X1
2x 2.25 GHz - Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A55
Max Frequency: 3230 MHz; 2800 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv8.5-A; ARMv8.2-A
Process Node: 5 nm; 5 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; Samsung Foundry
L2 Cache: 12 MB; 3 MB
L3 Cache: 32 MB; 4 MB
TDP: 6 W; 5.6 W

GPU

GPU Name: Apple A15 GPU; Mali-G78 MP20
GPU Frequency: 1338 MHz; 850 MHz
Shading Units: 128; 640
FLOPS: 1712 GFLOPS; 1085 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: No; No
NPU: 16-core Apple Neural Engine; Edge TPU
API Support: Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0; Vulkan 1.3, Open CL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR4X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 2133 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x 16 Bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s; 51.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 6 GB; 12 GB
Storage Type: NVMe; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 12 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 240FPS
Max Display Resolution: 2732 x 2048; 4K
Video Playback: 4K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes; H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs: AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Qualcomm Snapdragon X60; Exynos 5300b 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 7.5 Gbps; 7.35 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.0 Gbps; 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 6; 6
Bluetooth: 5.0; 5.2
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou; GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS