Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with Google Tensor G3. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A15 Bionic

1279854

Tensor G3

1098827

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

2316

Tensor G3

1758

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

5719

Tensor G3

4461

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 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
Number of cores	6	9
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	5 nm	4 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 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Mali-G715 MP10
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	890 MHz
Execution units	5	10
Shaders	640	176
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	8K@30fps
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	7.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	3.7 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS