Google Tensor G5 vs Apple M3 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

S

Google Tensor G5
S

Apple M3 iPad
Apple

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X45x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
3400 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
256 KB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
Transistor count
-
25

Graphics

GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1520 MHz
GPU name
-
Apple M3 GPU
Shading units
-
144

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
102.4 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Yes
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
18 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Download speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 3500 Mbps

Info

Announced
Aug 2025
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,445,942
2,143,122
FP32 (float)
1,536
3,502
Geekbench 6
-
3,037
Geekbench 6
-
11,776