Google Tensor vs Samsung Exynos 5430. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Google Tensor Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  Google Tensor Samsung Exynos 5430
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 4

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-X1 4x Cortex-A15
• B-Core
  2x Cortex-A76 4x Cortex-A7
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 --
• Frequency
  2.80 GHz 1.40 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  No turbo 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G78 MP20 ARM Mali-T628 MP6
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  20 6
• Shader
  320 96
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 Midgard 2
• Direct X
  12 11
• Technology
  5 nm 32nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5430 and Google Tensor. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR3e-1066
• Max. Memory
  12 GB
• Memory channels
  2 0
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Google Tensor and Samsung Exynos 5430 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Google Tensor and Google Tensor, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 2.50 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
• Technology
  5 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2014