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Apple M2 vs Google Tensor G3

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 68 %

Google Tensor G3

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 43 %

Google Tensor G3

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,759

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

4,533

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,267

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

3,631

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (10 Core)

3,550

ARM Immortalis-G715 MP10

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
Family	Apple M series (38)	Google Tensor (5)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Google Tensor G3 (1)
Architecture	M2	G3
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor	Apple M1	Google Tensor
Successor	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	1x Cortex-X3 2.91 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	4x Cortex-A715 2.37 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A510 1.70 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
GPU name	Apple M2 (10 Core)	ARM Immortalis-G715 MP10
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.89 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	10 /
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	2
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q2/2022	Q4/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Google Tensor AI
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	Google Edge TPU
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (26.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	12 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
TDP	20 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2	Google Tensor G3
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Android
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8.7-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q2/2022	Q3/2023
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 is 4.4 stars (743 ratings), while Google Tensor G3 has received 3.8 stars (108 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Google Tensor G3
8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

★★★★★