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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A5X
Apple A5X 3 %
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
26
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X
768

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At a glance

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)Apple A10/A10X (2)
ArchitectureA5A10
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A9X
SuccessorApple A6XApple A12Z Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A9
1.00 GHz
3x Hurricane
2.36 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Zephyr
1.30 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)Apple A10X
GPU frequency0.20 GHz1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 6448 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology45 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q2/2017

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB3 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
TDP8 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A5XApple A10X Fusion
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSiOS
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2011Q2/2017
Release price
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Apple A5X
Apple A5X
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion
6C / 6T · 2.36 GHz

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