Apple A12 Bionic vs Google Tensor G5
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 2490MHz Apple A12 Bionic vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor G5 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.576 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 2490MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
Released 6 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
643548
Google Tensor G5
+124%
1445942
FP32 (float)
Apple A12 Bionic
576
Google Tensor G5
+166%
1536
CPU
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
2490 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
8 MB
L2 cache
-
7 nm
Process
3 nm
6.9
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
-
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
4
Execution units
-
64
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.536 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Intel XMM 7560
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
-
Up to 350 Mbps
Upload speed
-
5
Wi-Fi
7
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2018
Announced
Aug 2025
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W81
Model number
-
