Apple A5 vs Google Tensor G5 Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 800MHz	8 Cores(1P+5M+2E) 8 Threads(1P+5M+2E) 3.78GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 10W
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU IMG DXT-48-1536 1100MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	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

A5-

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Tensor G52,182

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 800MHz	Base Clock 3.78GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

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

Memory

Type LPDDR2	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 512MB	Max Memory 16GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 800MT/s	Speed 8533MT/s
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s UC·Spec·OC 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s UC·Spec·OC 68.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 10W

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU IMG DXT-48-1536 1100MHz
Shaders 32	Shaders 768
Boost Clock 266MHz	Boost Clock 1.1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.38 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model Edge TPU Gen 4
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
Performance -	Performance 16.4 TOPS

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Google
ISA AArch32	ISA AArch64
Architecture ARMv7-A	Architecture ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename A5 Cortex-A9P-Core - -	Codename Laguna Cortex-X4P-Core Cortex-A725M-Core Cortex-A520E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 14, 2011	Release Date Aug 20, 2025
Part Number APL 0498	Part Number -

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 45nm	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 122mm²	Die Size -

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