CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Google Tensor
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Google Tensor
8 cores 2800 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G78 MP20
Compared fields
43
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
Google Tensor
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz - Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | Not available | 4 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 12 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G78 MP20 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 848 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 20 |
| Shaders | 256 | 320 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 2171 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Tensor Processing Unit |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | Not available |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | October 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | S5E9845 |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 3 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Google Tensor
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6a
- Display
- OLED, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.10 inches)…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4410 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6 Pro
- Display
- AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3120 pixels…
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5003 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6
- Display
- AMOLED, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.40 inche…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4614 mAh
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