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Google Tensor G4 vs Apple A12 Bionic

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3100MHz Google Tensor G4 vs. 6 cores 2490MHz Apple A12 Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G4 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5267 TFLOPS vs 0.576 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (64GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3100MHz vs 2490MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Released 5 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G4 +82%
1176410
Apple A12 Bionic
643548
FP32 (float)
Google Tensor G4 +338%
2526
Apple A12 Bionic
576

CPU

1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
3100 MHz
Frequency
2490 MHz
8
Cores
6
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A
-
L2 cache
8 MB
4 nm
Process
7 nm
-
Transistor count
6.9
-
TDP
6 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G715 MP7
GPU name
Apple A12 GPU
940 MHz
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
-
Execution units
4
192
Shading units
64
16
Max size
4
2.5267 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.576 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12

Memory

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
3840 x 2400
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
-
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Exynos 5400
Modem
Intel XMM 7560

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
-
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 350 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Aug 2024
Announced
Sep 2018
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1W81
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