Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3

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

Compared fields 40
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Google Tensor G3
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz - Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 6 9
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency Not available 4200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 64 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G715 MP7
GPU clock Not available 890 MHz
Execution units 4 Not available
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 1594.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution Not available 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicGoogle Tensor G3
Release September 2019 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
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 A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Google Tensor G3

5G
Google Pixel 8a
Google

Google Pixel 8a

3.8
Smartphone
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
Google

Google Pixel 8 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
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
Google

Google Pixel 8

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4575 mAh