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78

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Apple A15 Bionic Chip

A15 Bionic Chip

78

Points
Google Tensor G2

Tensor G2
Overview - A15 Bionic Chip Vs Tensor G2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Tensor G2 SoCs by Apple and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-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 G2 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A15 Bionic Chip 56
Tensor G2 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Tensor G2 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A15 Bionic Chip 64
Tensor G2 52
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A15 Bionic Chip Tensor G2
CPU 209204 203226
GPU 351594 298514
Memory 118044 114682
UX 130276 157662
Total score 809118 774084
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 13.33% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (3230 vs 2850 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 41.18% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (1200 vs 850 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Tensor G2 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 4.53% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor G2 (809 K vs 774 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor G2.

Pros of Google Tensor G2

  • Tensor G2 Support 50.15% higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip (51.2 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 1743
Tensor G2 1059

Multi-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 4844
Tensor G2 3251

Image compression

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A15 Bionic Chip 224.8
Tensor G2 168.3

Face detection

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A15 Bionic Chip 43.1
Tensor G2 24.5

Speech recognition

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A15 Bionic Chip 136.1
Tensor G2 69.4

Machine learning

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A15 Bionic Chip 104.9
Tensor G2 71.2

Camera shooting

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A15 Bionic Chip 49.3
Tensor G2 31.2

HTML 5

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A15 Bionic Chip 5.64
Tensor G2 2.97

SQLite

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A15 Bionic Chip 1270
Tensor G2 1010

3DMark

49%
A15 Bionic Chip
Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
33%
Tensor G2
Stability 72%

Graphics test 38 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - Ultra HD(4K)
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10+, HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
     2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 32 MB -
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 15 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 7 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G710 MP7
  • Architecture - Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency 1200 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 5 7
  • Shading units 640 112
  • FLOPS - 1153 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 6 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • 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 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

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Review By TenzysTech

Apple A15 Bionic Chip

Apple A15 Bionic Chip
CPU
55%
GPU
56%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Google Tensor G2

Google Tensor G2
CPU
39%
GPU
36%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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