Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Google Tensor G2

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

Compared fields 38
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Google Tensor G2
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G2
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 2x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A Not available
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G2
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
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 memory 4 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G2
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G710 MP7
GPU architecture Not available Valhall
Execution units 4 7
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G2
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 G2
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G2
Release September 2019 October 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
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 A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Google Tensor G2

5G eSIM
Google Pixel 7 Pro
Google

Google Pixel 7 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
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
Google

Google Pixel 7

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4355 mAh