Apple A9 vs Google Tensor G5
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 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 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Released 9 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Google Tensor G5
+405%
1445942
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
249
Google Tensor G5
+516%
1536
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
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
1850 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
3 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
-
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.536 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 2400
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
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
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
-
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Aug 2025
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
-
