CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Google Tensor G2
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Google Tensor G2
8 cores 2850 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G710 MP7
Compared fields
43
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Google Tensor G2
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G2 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | Not available |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G2 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| 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 | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 12 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G710 MP7 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | Not available |
| Execution units | 32 | 7 |
| Shaders | 256 | Not available |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 G2 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Not available |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Not available |
| 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 G2 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | October 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | Not available |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 2 |
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 G2
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 7 Pro
- Display
- OLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3120 pixels (…
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 7
- Display
- OLED 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4355 mAh
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