CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Google Tensor G3
9 cores 2910 MHz 4 nanometers Mali-G715 MP7
Compared fields
41
Different values
38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
Google Tensor G3
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G3 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz - Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A510 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 9 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2910 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv9-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G3 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 64 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 16 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 890 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | Not available |
| Shaders | 256 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 1594.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | Not available |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| 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, 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 G3 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 7300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Google Tensor G3 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | October 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | 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 A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Google Tensor G3
5G
Google Pixel 8a
- Display
- OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 4492 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 8 Pro
- Display
- LTPO OLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1344 × 2992 pix…
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5050 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 8
- Display
- OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 4575 mAh
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