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Comparing Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A9

Comparison of video cards Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A9 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences

Apple A9

Top features of Apple A9

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  • Higher clock speed
    1.85 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
    Around -42% better clock speed
Apple A10 Fusion

Top features of Apple A10 Fusion

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  • More number of cores
    4 left arrow 2
    2 times more cores

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Apple A9 and Apple A10 Fusion is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification Value
Name Apple A9 left arrow Apple A10 Fusion
Segment Mobile left arrow Mobile
Family Apple A series left arrow Apple A series
Generation 9 left arrow 10
CPU group Apple A9/A9X left arrow Apple A10/A10X
Predecessor Apple A8 left arrow Apple A9
Successor Apple A10 Fusion left arrow Apple A11 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Apple A9 vs Apple A10 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 1.85 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
CPU Cores 2 left arrow 4
Turbo (1 Core) No turbo left arrow 2.34 GHz
CPU Threads 2 left arrow 4
Hyperthreading No left arrow No
Overclocking No left arrow No
Core architecture normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A core 2x Twister left arrow 2x Hurricane
B core -- left arrow 2x Zephyr

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Apple A9 and Apple A10 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 A9 left arrow Apple A10
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz left arrow 0.90 GHz
GPU (Turbo) No turbo left arrow No turbo
Execution units 6 left arrow 6
Shader 192 left arrow 192
Max. GPU Memory 4 GB left arrow 4 GB
Max. displays 1 left arrow 1
Generation 6 left arrow 7
Technology 16 nm left arrow 16 nm
Release date Q3/2015 left arrow Q3/2016

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Apple A9 and Apple A10 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) No left arrow Decode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No left arrow Decode
h264 Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
VP9 No 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 A9 and Apple A10 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 2 GB left arrow 3 GB
ECC No left arrow No
Memory channels 1 left arrow 1

Encryption

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Apple A9 and Apple A10 Fusion.

Specification Value
AES-NI No left arrow No

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Apple A9 or Apple A10 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 5 W

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Apple A9 and Apple A10 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 3.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
L3-Cache 4.00 MB left arrow --
Architecture A9 left arrow A10
Technology 16 nm left arrow 10 nm
Socket N/A left arrow N/A
Release date Q3/2015 left arrow Q3/2016

Devices using this processor

List of devices based on Apple A9 and Apple A10 Fusion.

Specification Value
Used in Apple iPhone 6sApple iPhone SE (1. Gen) left arrow Apple iPhone 7Apple iPhone 7 PlusApple iPad (6. Gen)

Benchmarks

Real tests Apple A9 vs Apple A10 Fusion

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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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

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