Apple A10 Fusion vs AMD A8-3800

Comparative analysis of Apple A10 Fusion and AMD A8-3800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Apple A10 Fusion

AMD A8-3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A10 Fusion

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 32 nm

Launch date	7 Sep 2016 vs June 2011
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3800

Around 3% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.34 GHz
2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.34 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 3 MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A10 Fusion
CPU 2: AMD A8-3800

Name	Apple A10 Fusion	AMD A8-3800
PassMark - Single thread mark		1044
PassMark - CPU mark		2041
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.305

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A10 Fusion	AMD A8-3800
Essentials
Architecture codename	Hurricane/Zephyr	Llano
Launch date	7 Sep 2016	June 2011
OS Support	iOS 10.0, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	not rated	2784
Processor Number	APL1021
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	1.09 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB (shared)	1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.34 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	3.3 billion	1178 million
64 bit support
Die size		228 mm
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4-3200	DDR3
Graphics
Execution Units	24
Graphics base frequency	900 MHz
iGPU core count	6
Processor graphics	Custom PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 Plus
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Sockets supported		FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)