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Google Tensor G2 vs Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2850MHz Google Tensor G2 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 G2 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.1424 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2850MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 7W)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G2 +217%
907387
Apple A9
285954
FP32 (float)
Google Tensor G2 +358%
1142
Apple A9
249

CPU

2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2850 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
0
L3 cache
0
5 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
7 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G710 MP7
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
850 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
7
Execution units
6
96
Shading units
32
16
Max size
4
1.1424 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
-
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

Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
NPU
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Next-gen 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, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Oct 2022
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1022
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