Google Tensor G5 vs Apple A18 Pro
In Geekbench, the Apple A18 Pro is 51% faster in single-core and 36% faster in multi-core. Where the Google Tensor G5 does better: 42% faster RAM (5333 MHz vs 3750 MHz).
Google Tensor G5 vs Apple A18 Pro: key differences
Where the Google Tensor G5 leads
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42% faster RAM
5333 MHz vs 3750 MHz
Where the Apple A18 Pro leads
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7% higher peak CPU clock
4.04 GHz vs 3.78 GHz
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3x larger L3 cache
24 MB vs 8 MB
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36% more GPU compute power
2298 GFLOPS vs 1689.6 GFLOPS
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36% faster in Geekbench multi-core
8,586 vs 6,301
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51% faster in Geekbench single-core
3,462 vs 2,298
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
Geekbench Single-Core
+51% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+36% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- August 2025
- September 2024
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Flagship
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Model Number
- GS501
- APL1V07
CPU
- Total Cores
- 8
- 6
- Core Configuration
- 1x Cortex X4 - 3.78GHz
5x Cortex A725 - 3.05GHz
2x Cortex A520 - 2.25GHz - 2x 4.04 GHz Performance Cores
4x 2.42 GHz Efficiency Cores - Max Frequency
- 3780 MHz
- 4040 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9.2-A
- Process Node
- 3 nm
- 3 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 1 MB
- 20 MB
- L3 Cache
- 8 MB
- 24 MB
- TDP
- 6 W
- 12 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- PowerVR DXT-48-1536
- Apple A18 Pro (6-core GPU)
- GPU Frequency
- 1100 MHz
- 1490 MHz
- Shading Units
- 128
- 128
- FLOPS
- 1689.6 GFLOPS
- 2298 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- No
- Yes
- NPU
- -
- Apple Neural Engine
- API Support
- Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
- Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 5333 MHz
- 3750 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x 16-bit
- 4x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 68.2 GB/s
- 60 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 16 GB
- 8 GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.0
- NVMe
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 200MP
- 48 MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- WQHD+
- 2868 x 1320
- Video Playback
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS, HDR10, Dolby Vision
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, HEVC, AV1, VP9
- H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF
Connectivity
- Modem
- Samsung Exynos 5400 5G
- Snapdragon X75 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 14.79 Gbps
- 10 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 3.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
- 5.3
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
- NAVIC, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
- Total
- 13,26,623
- 17,44,311
- CPU
- 4,63,275
- 4,78,128
- GPU
- 4,11,537
- 6,51,500
- Memory
- 2,33,612
- 2,48,568
- UX
- 2,12,199
- 3,66,115
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 2,298
- 3,462
- Multi-Core
- 6,301
- 8,586
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+16 pointsCPU Score
+23 pointsGPU Score
+24 pointsMemory Score
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