Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Google Tensor
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Google Tensor mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Google
Launch Date
March 2020
October 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1083
S5E9845
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2800 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
848 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
20
Shading units
512
64
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
3 MB
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Tensor Processing Unit
TDP
15 W
5.6 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
Tensor
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2800 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2021 (March 2020 vs October 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+0%
1322
Tensor
1319
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+44%
4642
Tensor
3234
Geekbench 5
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+87%
1090
Tensor
584
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+147%
4397
Tensor
1783
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Tensor
+104%
2191
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
49
Ranks 49 among all SOC on our website
Tensor
