Apple A9 vs Google Tensor G3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor G3 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4.7W vs 5W)
Released 8 years and 1 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Google Tensor G3
+255%
1016809
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
Google Tensor G3
+183%
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Google Tensor G3
+367%
4477
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
249
Google Tensor G3
+869%
2415
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
1850 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
2
Cores
9
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
4.7 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
650 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
6
Execution units
7
32
Shading units
192
4
Max size
16
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
-
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3700 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Oct 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
-
