Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A8X
Comparative analysis of Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A8X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple A10 Fusion
- CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
- 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
- Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.34 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 20 nm
- Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date | 7 Sep 2016 vs 16 Oct 2014 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 3 |
Number of threads | 4 vs 3 |
Maximum frequency | 2.34 GHz vs 1.5 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 20 nm |
L1 cache | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) |
L2 cache | 3 MB (shared) vs 2 MB (shared) |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Apple A10 Fusion
CPU 2: Apple A8X
Name | Apple A10 Fusion | Apple A8X |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 933 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2377 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Apple A10 Fusion | Apple A8X | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Hurricane/Zephyr | Typhoon |
Launch date | 7 Sep 2016 | 16 Oct 2014 |
OS Support | iOS 10.0, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2 | iOS 8.1, iPadOS 15.7.4 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 2314 |
Processor Number | APL1021 | APL1012 |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 1.09 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) |
L2 cache | 3 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 20 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.34 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 3 |
Number of threads | 4 | 3 |
Transistor count | 3.3 billion | 3 billion |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB | 2 GB |
Supported memory types | LPDDR4-3200 | LPDDR3-1600 |
Graphics |
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Execution Units | 24 | 32 |
Graphics base frequency | 900 MHz | 450 MHz |
iGPU core count | 6 | 8 |
Processor graphics | Custom PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 Plus | PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850 |