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Apple A12Z Bionic vs Google Tensor

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 99 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 2 - 74 %
Google Tensor
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,351
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,494
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,798
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
3,639
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,043
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,915
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z
1,152
Google Tensor
ARM Mali-G78 MP20
1,943
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
779,044 pts
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
691,770 pts
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
717,401 pts
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
612,494 pts
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
5.0 TOPS
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1.6 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
FamilyApple A series (27)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)Google Tensor (1)
ArchitectureA12G1
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A10X Fusion
SuccessorGoogle Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
2x Cortex-X1
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
GPU nameApple A12ZARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 51220 / 320
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineGoogle Tensor AI
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPSGoogle Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB12 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
TDP15 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicGoogle Tensor
Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2020Q4/2021
Release price
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Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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