Apple A9 vs Google Tensor
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 5.6W)
Google Tensor 's 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
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Google Tensor
+225%
930661
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Google Tensor
+771%
2.17 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
1850 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
3 MB
0
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
5 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
5.6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
650 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
6
Execution units
20
32
Shading units
64
4
Max size
12
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Tensor Processing Unit
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
Exynos 5300g
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Oct 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
S5E9845
