Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 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 42
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Google Tensor
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz - Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB 3 MB
L3 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency Not available 3200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G78 MP20
GPU architecture Not available Valhall
GPU clock Not available 848 MHz
Execution units 4 20
Shaders Not available 320
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 2171 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Tensor Processing Unit

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3840 x 2160
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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor
Release September 2019 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available 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 A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Google Tensor

5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6a
Google

Google Pixel 6a

3.8
Smartphone
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
Google

Google Pixel 6 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
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
Google

Google Pixel 6

3.8
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.40 inche…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4614 mAh