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Google Tensor G3
Overview - A15 Bionic Chip Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Tensor G3 SoCs by Apple and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 9-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A15 Bionic Chip 55
Tensor G3 52
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A15 Bionic Chip 55
Tensor G3 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A15 Bionic Chip 64
Tensor G3 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A15 Bionic Chip Tensor G3
CPU 209204 281756
GPU 351594 364449
Memory 118044 148341
UX 130276 181913
Total score 809118 976459
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip

  • A15 Bionic Chip has 11.00% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (3230 vs 2910 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 34.83% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (1200 vs 890 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 1.57% higher memory frequency than Tensor G3 (4266 vs 4200 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Tensor G3 has 20.68% better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip (976 K vs 809 K ).
  • Tensor G3 has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip.
  • Tensor G3 Support 87.68% higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip (64 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 1743
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 4844
Tensor G3 3598

Image compression

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A15 Bionic Chip 224.8
Tensor G3

Face detection

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A15 Bionic Chip 43.1
Tensor G3

Speech recognition

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A15 Bionic Chip 136.1
Tensor G3

Machine learning

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A15 Bionic Chip 104.9
Tensor G3

Camera shooting

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A15 Bionic Chip 49.3
Tensor G3

HTML 5

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A15 Bionic Chip 5.64
Tensor G3

SQLite

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A15 Bionic Chip 1270
Tensor G3

3DMark

Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - 4K
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 6 9
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 32 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 15 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture - Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 1200 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 5 7
  • Shading units 640 192
  • FLOPS - 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 6 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Exynos 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A15 Bionic Chip

CPU
55%
GPU
55%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Google Tensor G3

CPU
52%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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