Google Tensor G5 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X45x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
3400 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
L3 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
TDP
—
5 W
Graphics
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
650 MHz
GPU name
—
PowerVR GT7600
Execution units
—
6
Shading units
—
32
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
1.2
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
—
1333 MHz
Max bandwidth
—
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Yes
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Apple M9
Connectivity
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
4G support
—
LTE Cat. 6
Download speed
—
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
Announced
Aug 2025
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
—
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,445,942
285,954
FP32 (float)
1,536
249
Geekbench 6
—
623
Geekbench 6
—
957
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.