Mobile processor comparison

Google Tensor G3 vs Apple A13 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz - Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores 9 6
Clock speed 2910 MHz 2660 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8.5 billion
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 832 KB
L2 cache Not available 12 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 64 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 16 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
GPU Mali-G715 MP7 Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU clock 890 MHz Not available
Execution units Not available 4
Shaders 128 Not available
FLOPS 1594.8 Gigaflops 736 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX Not available 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes, Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP Not available
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 7300 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 220 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G3Apple A13 Bionic
Release October 2023 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Storage support UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 3 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.