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Google Tensor G3
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 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
A16 Bionic chip 61
Tensor G3 52
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 63
Tensor G3 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 70
Tensor G3 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Tensor G3
CPU 247110 281756
GPU 408357 364449
Memory 162944 148341
UX 146541 181913
Total score 964952 976459
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic

  • A16 Bionic chip has 18.90% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (3460 vs 2910 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 57.08% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (1398 vs 890 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 52.38% higher memory frequency than Tensor G3 (6400 vs 4200 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 1.19% better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (976 K vs 965 K ).
  • Tensor G3 Support 25.00% higher memory bandwidth than A16 Bionic chip (64 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Tensor G3 3598

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Tensor G3

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Tensor G3

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Tensor G3

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Tensor G3

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Tensor G3

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Tensor G3

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Tensor G3

3DMark

Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

92%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 6 9
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 6 7
  • Shading units 768 192
  • FLOPS - 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x16 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 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 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 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A16 Bionic

CPU
61%
GPU
63%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Google Tensor G3

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