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Comparing Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A10X Fusion

Comparison of video cards Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A10X Fusion in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences

Apple A10 Fusion

Top features of Apple A10 Fusion

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  • Performance per watt
    5 W left arrow 8 W
    About 1.6 0.97 times less performance per watt
Apple A10X Fusion

Top features of Apple A10X Fusion

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  • More number of cores
    6 left arrow 4
    2 times more cores
  • Higher turbo clock speed
    2.38 GHz left arrow 2.34 GHz
    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification Value
Name Apple A10 Fusion left arrow Apple A10X Fusion
Segment Mobile left arrow Mobile
Family Apple A series left arrow Apple A series
Generation 10 left arrow 10
CPU group Apple A10/A10X left arrow Apple A10/A10X
Predecessor Apple A9 left arrow Apple A9X
Successor Apple A11 Bionic left arrow Apple A12Z Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A10X Fusion by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
Frequency 1.30 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
CPU Cores 4 left arrow 6
Turbo (1 Core) 2.34 GHz left arrow 2.38 GHz
CPU Threads 4 left arrow 6
Hyperthreading No left arrow No
Overclocking No left arrow No
Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A core 2x Hurricane left arrow 3x Hurricane
B core 2x Zephyr left arrow 3x Zephyr

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name Apple A10 left arrow Apple A10X
GPU frequency 0.90 GHz left arrow 0.90 GHz
GPU (Turbo) No turbo left arrow No turbo
Execution units 6 left arrow 12
Shader 192 left arrow 384
Max. GPU Memory 4 GB left arrow 4 GB
Max. displays 1 left arrow 1
Generation 7 left arrow 7
Technology 16 nm left arrow 10 nm
Release date Q3/2016 left arrow Q2/2017

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type LPDDR4-3200 left arrow LPDDR4-3200
Max. Memory 3 GB left arrow 3 GB
ECC No left arrow No
Memory channels 1 left arrow 2

Encryption

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion.

Specification Value
AES-NI No left arrow No

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Apple A10 Fusion or Apple A10X Fusion? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 5 W left arrow 8 W

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization None left arrow None
L2-Cache 4.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
Architecture A10 left arrow A10
Technology 10 nm left arrow 10 nm
Socket N/A left arrow N/A
Release date Q3/2016 left arrow Q2/2017

Devices using this processor

List of devices based on Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion.

Specification Value
Used in Apple iPhone 7Apple iPhone 7 PlusApple iPad (6. Gen) left arrow Apple iPad Pro (2. Gen)Apple TV 4K

Benchmarks

Real tests Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A10X Fusion

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 benchmark is the newest software suit.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 software suite shows benchmark testing results of the memory performance and speed of the multi-core processor.

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

This test serves for determining the performance of integrated graphics in Intel and AMD processors.

AnTuTu 8 benchmark

Phones with best AnTuTu scores.

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