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Google Tensor G5 vs Apple M5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Google Tensor G5
57 %
8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Google Tensor G5
39 %
8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Google Tensor G5
33 %
IMG DXT-48-1536
Apple M5
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Google Tensor (5) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Google Tensor G5 (1) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | G5 Laguna | M5 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Google Tensor G4 | Apple M4 |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-X4 3.78 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 5x Cortex-A725 3.05 GHz |
6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Cortex-A520 2.25 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | IMG DXT-48-1536 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.10 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 1536 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2025 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Google Tensor AI | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Google Edge TPU | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Google Tensor G5 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8.7-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2025 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
Apple M5
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
9
Google Tensor G5
8C / 8T · 0.00 GHz
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