Google Tensor G3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 vs. 4 cores 2150MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor G3 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.3194 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 2150MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4.7W vs 11W)
Released 7 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G3
+290%
1016809
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
260148
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Google Tensor G3
+447%
1767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
323
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Google Tensor G3
+441%
4477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
827
FP32 (float)
Google Tensor G3
+657%
2415
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
319
CPU
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
2910 MHz
Frequency
2150 MHz
9
Cores
4
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
1 MB
4 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
4.7 W
TDP
11 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G715 MP7
GPU name
Adreno 530
890 MHz
GPU frequency
624 MHz
7
Execution units
1
192
Shading units
256
16
Max size
8
2.4158 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3194 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
-
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
-
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Oct 2023
Announced
Nov 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
MSM8996
