Apple A14 Bionic vs Google Tensor G2

Compared 2 processors: Apple A14 Bionic, vs Google Tensor G2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A14 Bionic and Google Tensor G2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
Google Tensor G2
936100
CPU310050256594
GPU323143315697
Memory173777168964
UX288345194845
NanoReview Score1095315936100
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Google Tensor G2
6138
Stability69 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fps36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Google Tensor G2
1439
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
Google Tensor G2
3802
File Compression167 MB/s166.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser105.5 pages/s107.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering116.4 MP/sec117.5 MP/sec
Background Blur17.6 frames/s14.4 frames/s
Photo Processing51.5 frames/s37.4 frames/s
Image Detection95.7 frames/s87.4 frames/s
HDR147.6 MP/sec122.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.18 MP/sec4.52 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
- 2/2.85 (Cortex-X1)
- 2/2.35 (Cortex-A78)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3100 2850
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 11.8 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A14 GPU Mali-G710 MP7
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 4 7
Shader Units 64 64
Total shader 256 448
FLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS 759.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Exynos 5300g
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2020 yr October, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W01 GS201 (S5P9855)

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A14 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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