Apple A15 Bionic vs Google Tensor G5 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3.23GHz	8 Cores(1P+5M+2E) 8 Threads(1P+5M+2E) 3.78GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 10W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A15	iGPU IMG DXT-48-1536 1100MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.38 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A15 Bionic2,383

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	8 Cores 1P 5M 2E
6 Threads 2P - 4E	8 Threads 1P 5M 2E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.23GHz	Base Clock 3.78GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P - 128KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 16KB E
L1d 128KB P - 64KB E	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 16KB E
L2 12MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 1MB P 256KB M 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 4MB
SLC Cache 32MB	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 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A15	iGPU IMG DXT-48-1536 1100MHz
Shaders 512	Shaders 768
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.38 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H14 Bia	NPU Model Edge TPU Gen 4
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.94GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16	Performance 16.4 TOPS

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Google
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A	Architecture ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename Ellis A15Variant AvalancheP-Core - BlizzardE-Core	Codename Laguna - Cortex-X4P-Core Cortex-A725M-Core Cortex-A520E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 24, 2021	Release Date Aug 20, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 108mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 15 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone SE 3(Gen 3)iPhone 13 miniiPhone 13

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