Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Google Tensor G4

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Google Tensor G4
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 1x 3.1 GHz - Cortex-X43x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.92 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
GPU Apple GPU Mali-G715 MP7
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 4th gen
GPU clock Not available 940 MHz
Execution units 3 Not available
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops 1792 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 3840 x 2400
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP Not available
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, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
4G LTE Cat. 12 Not available
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 5 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicGoogle Tensor G4
Release September 2017 August 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W72 Not available
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Devices in database Not available 3
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh

Google Tensor G4

5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixels…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4650 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9a
Google

Google Pixel 9a

3.8
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5100 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

3.8
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1344 × 2992 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5060 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1280 × 2856 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4700 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9
Google

Google Pixel 9

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixels…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4700 mAh