Apple A12 Bionic vs Google Tensor G3 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	9 Cores(1P+4M+4E) 9 Threads(1P+4M+4E) 2.91GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 10W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Mali-G715 MP7 890MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.59 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A12 Bionic1,336

x1

Tensor G31,534

x1.15

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	9 Cores 1P 4M 4E
6 Threads 2P - 4E	9 Threads 1P 4M 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 2.91GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P - 48KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 16KB E
L1d 128KB P - 32KB E	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 16KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 1MB P 256KB M 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 4MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 16GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 8533MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 10W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Mali-G715 MP7 890MHz
Shaders 256	Shaders 448
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 890MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.59 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model Edge TPU Gen 3 (Rio)
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 1.12GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 10.2 TOPS

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Google
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture ARMv9.0-A
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core - TempestE-Core	Codename Zuma - Cortex-X3P-Core Cortex-A715M-Core Cortex-A510E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Oct 4, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node 4LPE
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones Pixel 8Pixel 8 ProPixel 8a
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets -

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