Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor G1

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Google Tensor G1. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard	2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	15000 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Google Tensor AI

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Mali-G78 MP20
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Valhall
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	5	20
Shaders	640	320
OpenCL API		3.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS