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Google Tensor G2 vs Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 46 %

Google Tensor G2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 21 %

Google Tensor G2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

1,426

12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz

3,152

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

3,342

12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz

15,619

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

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

1,068

12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz

2,314

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

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

3,149

12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz

15,235

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-G710 MP7

700

Apple M3 Pro (18 Core)

6,390

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

4.0 TOPS

12C / 12T · 0.70 GHz

35.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

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 9 Benchmark
90 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
Family	Google Tensor (5)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Google Tensor G2 (1)	Apple M3 (6)
Architecture	G2	M3
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor	Google Tensor	Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Successor		Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	12 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Cortex-X1 2.85 GHz	6x Lobos P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Cortex-A78 2.35 GHz	6x Lobos E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
GPU name	ARM Mali-G710 MP7	Apple M3 Pro (18 Core)
GPU frequency	0.90 GHz	0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	7 /	288 / 2304
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	1	3
Max. GPU Memory		36 GB
Technology	4 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q2/2021	Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
AI hardware	Google Tensor AI	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	Google Edge TPU @ 4 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	12 GB	36 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
TDP	10 W	35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Android	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions		Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q4/2022	Q4/2023
Release price
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User Reviews

Your rating

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Google Tensor G2
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★