Quick/Comparisons
The Apple A18 Pro's capable gaming performance earns it the win, with a 44-point gap over the Google Tensor G5's underwhelming score.
The Apple A18 Pro's excellent battery life secures its victory, boasting a 6-point lead over the Google Tensor G5's impressive score.
Since neither product's AI performance was evaluated, we cannot declare a winner in this use case.
87 | CPU Performance | 67 |
66 | Gaming Performance | 22 |
97 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 6 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Apple A18 Pro GPU | GPU Model | PowerVR DXT-48-1536 |
| Neural Engine | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 1808835 | Apple A19 | 1467600 |
| 520673 | CPU | 766731 |
| 557106 | GPU | 99931 |
| 181531 | Memory | 210794 |
| 549525 | UX | 390144 |
| 1808835 | Total score | 1467600 |
| 3570 | Single-Core Score | 2293 |
| 8923 | Multi-Core Score | 5937 |
| 299.9 MB/sec | Asset compression | 281.8 MB/sec |
| 191.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 162.5 pages/sec |
| 196.8 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 207.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 319.6 images/sec | Image detection | 149.5 images/sec |
| 289.5 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 151.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 37.6 images/sec | Background blur | 24.4 images/sec |
| 91 images/sec | Photo processing | 46.5 images/sec |
| 9.03 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 6.79 Mpixels/sec |
| 12 tests | Samples | 5 tests |
| 33278 | Compute Score (GPU) | 3760 |
| 62.5 images/sec | Background blur | 4.77 images/sec |
| 78.2 images/sec | Face detection | 2.41 images/sec |
| 0.98 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.3 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.5 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.2 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.49 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| 100 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 12.6 Gpixels/sec |
| 3659.7 FPS | Particle physics | 634.9 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 7 tests | Samples | 5 tests |
| 1730 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 1012 |
| 1730 | Score | 1012 |
| 71% | Stability | 96% |
| 13 FPS | Graphics test | 7 FPS |
| 7585 | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| 7585 | Score | — |
| 29 FPS | Graphics test | — |
| 35 FPS | Section 1 | — |
| 30 FPS | Section 2 | — |
| 21 FPS | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth | Architecture | 1x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 4050 MHz | Frequency | 3780 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 16 MB | L2 cache | — |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 3750 MHz | Memory frequency | 4266 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 60 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s |
| 8 GB | Max size | 16 GB |
| Snapdragon X71 5G | Modem | Exynos 5400c |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | — |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 10000 Mbps | Download speed | — |
| Up to 3500 Mbps | Upload speed | — |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 5.3 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| 1x 48MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP |
| 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Neural Engine | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| September 2024 | Announced | August 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| APL1V07 | Model number | GS501 |
| Apple A18 Pro GPU | GPU name | PowerVR DXT-48-1536 |
| Apple Bionic GPU | Architecture | — |
| 1490 MHz | GPU frequency | 1100 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 6 |
| 128 | Shading units | 128 |
| 768 | Total shaders | 768 |
| 2289 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 1689.6 Gigaflops |