Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Google Tensor G2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Google Tensor G2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Google
Launch Date
March 2020
October 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1083
Tensor G2
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2850 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G710 MP7
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
850 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.1424 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
7
Shading units
512
96
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
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, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 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
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
TDP
15 W
7 W
Advantages
Tensor G2
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2850 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2022 (March 2020 vs October 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+11%
1322
Tensor G2
1188
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+34%
4642
Tensor G2
3468
Geekbench 5
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+87%
1090
Tensor G2
584
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+147%
4397
Tensor G2
1783
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Tensor G2
+3%
1108
SiliconCat Rating
48
Ranks 48 among all SOC on our website
66
Ranks 66 among all SOC on our website
Tensor G2
