Google Tensor G2 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2850 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
14 nm
TDP
7 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP7
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
850 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
7
6
Shading units
96
32
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
Apple M9
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Oct 2022
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
—
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
907,387
285,954
Geekbench 6
1,439
623
Geekbench 6
3,802
957
FP32 (float)
1,142
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.