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Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple M3 (8-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 32 %
Apple A10 Fusion
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 12 %
Apple A10 Fusion
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
853
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
1,207
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
776
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,150
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
1,422
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,450
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A10
346
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8 Core)
2,840

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A10/A10X (2)Apple M3 (6)
ArchitectureA10M3
Technology10 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A9Apple M2 (8-GPU)
SuccessorApple A11 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Hurricane
2.34 GHz
4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Zephyr
1.09 GHz
4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
GPU nameApple A10Apple M3 (8 Core)
GPU frequency0.90 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192128 / 1024
Raytracing
Max. displays12
Max. GPU Memory4 GB24 GB
Technology16 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2016Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory3 GB24 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
TDP5 W22 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A10 FusionApple M3 (8-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ3/2016Q4/2023
Release price
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Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

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