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Apple A6 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 810

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Apple A6
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A6
Apple A6 17 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
68
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Qualcomm Adreno 430
389

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At a glance

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A6/A6X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 808/810 (3)
ArchitectureA6Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53
Technology32 nm20 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A5
SuccessorApple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Swift
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
2.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.55 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)Qualcomm Adreno 430
GPU frequency0.27 GHz0.60 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory
Technology32 nm20 nm
Release dateQ3/2012Q2/2014

NPU AI performance

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP V56
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
MemoryLPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A6Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2012Q3/2014
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A6
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 1.30 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

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Apple A6
Apple A6
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