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Google Tensor G2 vs Apple M4

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 - 40 %

Google Tensor G2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Google Tensor G2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

1,426

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

3,342

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

13,295

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

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

1,068

9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz

2,491

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-G710 MP7

700

Apple M4 (10 Core)

4,260

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

4.0 TOPS

9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz

38.0 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 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
Family	Google Tensor (5)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Google Tensor G2 (1)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	G2	M4
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor	Google Tensor	Apple M3
Successor		Apple M5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	9 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Cortex-X1 2.85 GHz	3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Cortex-A78 2.35 GHz	6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
GPU name	ARM Mali-G710 MP7	Apple M4 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.90 GHz	0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	7 /	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	1	3
Max. GPU Memory		24 GB
Technology	4 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q2/2021	Q2/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
AI hardware	Google Tensor AI	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	Google Edge TPU @ 4 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
Memory	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	12 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
TDP	10 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		15 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Google Tensor G2	Apple M4
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Android	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions		Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q4/2022	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Google Tensor G2 is 4.0 stars (86 ratings), while Apple M4 has received 4.2 stars (1056 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Google Tensor G2
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M4
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★