Apple A16 Bionic vs Google Tensor
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic 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 A16 Bionic Advantages
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2800MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Released 11 months late
Google Tensor Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 1.7894 TFLOPS )
Lower TDP (5.6W vs 8W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+54%
1441069
Google Tensor
930661
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+99%
2627
Google Tensor
1317
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+113%
6838
Google Tensor
3208
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1789
Google Tensor
+21%
2170
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
3460 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
5 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
5.6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
5
Execution units
20
128
Shading units
64
6
Max size
12
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
Tensor Processing Unit
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Exynos 5300g
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Oct 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
S5E9845
