Tensor G2 Vs A17 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Tensor G2 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Google and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Review
Differences
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v9
GeekBench 5
Specs

Review

CPU Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests

Tensor G2

A17 Pro

Gaming Performance

GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan

Tensor G2

A17 Pro

Battery life

Efficiency of battery consumption

Tensor G2

A17 Pro

Tenzys Tech Score

Overall chip score

Tensor G2

A17 Pro

Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro has 32.63% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (3780 vs 2850 MHz).

A17 Pro has 64.47% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (1398 vs 850 MHz).

A17 Pro has 40% smaller sized transistor than Tensor G2 (3 vs 5 nm).

A17 Pro has 110.79% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor G2 (1,632 K vs 774 K ).

A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor G2.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

SoC:

Tensor G2

A17 Pro

AnTuTu 9

Tensor G2

774084

A17 Pro +108%

1631657

CPU	203226	399992
GPU	298514	620081
Memory	114682	265579
UX	157662	346005
Total score	774084	1631657

AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

Tensor G2

1059

A17 Pro +183%

2999

Multi-Core Score

Tensor G2

3251

A17 Pro +139%

7779

Image compression	168.3 Mpixels/s	-
Face detection	24.5 images/s	-
Speech recognition	69.4 words/s	-
Machine learning	71.2 images/s	-
Camera shooting	31.2 images/s	-
HTML 5	2.97 Mnodes/s	-
SQLite	1010 Mnodes/s	-

3DMark

49%

Tensor G2

77%

A17 Pro

Score: 10002

Stability	72%	79%
Graphics test	38 FPS	60 FPS
Score	6381	10002

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Google Tensor G2 and Apple A17 Pro

Display

Max On-Device Display	Ultra HD(4K)	-
Max On-Display Resolution	3840 x 2160	-
Max External Display	-	-
HDR	HDR10+, HDR	-
Color Depth	Up to 10-bit	-
Color Gamut	-	-

CPU

75%

Tensor G2

100%

A17 Pro

Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture	2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz
Cores	8	6
Base Frequency	1800 MHz	2020 MHz
Turbo Frequency	2850 MHz	3780 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv9-A
L1 cache	-	256 KB
L2 cache	-	16 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	-
Process	5 nm	3 nm
Transistor count	-	19 Billion
TDP	7 W	8 W

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G710 MP7	Apple A17 GPU
Architecture	Valhall 3	Apple GPU
GPU frequency	850 MHz	1398 MHz
Execution units	7	6
Shading units	112	128
FLOPS	1153 Gigaflops	2147.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version	1.1	-
OpenCL version	2.0	-
DirectX version	12	-

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s	51.2 Gbit/s
Max size	16 GB	8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)	Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit	Neural Engine
Storage type	UFS 3.1	NVMe
Max display resolution	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, AV1, VP9	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed

4G (MB/s)

Tensor G2

N/A

A17 Pro

N/A

5G (MB/s)

Tensor G2

7350

A17 Pro

7500

Upload Speed

4G (MB/s)

Tensor G2

N/A

A17 Pro

N/A

5G (MB/s)

Tensor G2

3670

A17 Pro

3500

Modem	Exynos 5300g	-
4G support	LTE Cat. 24	-
5G support	Yes	Yes
Peak Download speed	Up to 7350 Mbps	Up to 7500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed	Up to 3670 Mbps	Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS