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Apple A10 Fusion
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Apple A10 Fusion
Summary
The Apple A10 Fusion processor marked a significant step for mobile devices. It was based on the A10 architecture and manufactured using a 10 nm process. This, at the time, advanced manufacturing contributed significantly to efficiency. Its innovative design is particularly noteworthy. The A10 Fusion combined powerful cores with energy-efficient units.
This enabled a remarkable balance of raw processing power and long battery life. For its time, it offered compelling system performance. The integrated Apple A10 graphics unit delivered solid results. It allowed for smooth gaming and the use of demanding applications. With 3 MB of L2 cache and 4 MB of L3 cache, fast data access was also well addressed.
A maximum memory bandwidth of 26 GB/s supported the overall performance. Even today, the Apple A10 Fusion can surprise in many everyday scenarios. It proves how durable well-designed hardware can be. We were always impressed by its reliability. It was a fundamental component in its generation of devices.
This enabled a remarkable balance of raw processing power and long battery life. For its time, it offered compelling system performance. The integrated Apple A10 graphics unit delivered solid results. It allowed for smooth gaming and the use of demanding applications. With 3 MB of L2 cache and 4 MB of L3 cache, fast data access was also well addressed.
A maximum memory bandwidth of 26 GB/s supported the overall performance. Even today, the Apple A10 Fusion can surprise in many everyday scenarios. It proves how durable well-designed hardware can be. We were always impressed by its reliability. It was a fundamental component in its generation of devices.
- Innovative design with performance and efficiency cores
- Efficient 10 nm manufacturing
- Solid integrated graphics performance
Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
HiSilicon Kirin 980
104 %
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
101 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
Samsung Exynos 1280
99 %
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
MediaTek Helio P70
101 %
8C / 8T · 2.10 GHz
MediaTek Kompanio 500
101 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
HiSilicon Kirin 710
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
MediaTek MT8183
97 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
101 %
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Samsung Exynos 1380
101 %
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
MediaTek Helio P70
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.10 GHz
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
UNISOC T618
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Samsung Exynos 8895
99 %
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
104 %
Qualcomm Adreno 618
Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
104 %
Qualcomm Adreno 618
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
Apple A10
UNISOC T760
96 %
ARM Mali-G57 MP4
HiSilicon Kirin 970
95 %
ARM Mali-G72 MP12
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
118 %
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A10 Fusion
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz
MediaTek Helio G90
99 %
8C / 8T · 2.05 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A10/A10X (2) |
| Architecture | A10 |
| Technology | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | |
| Generation | 10 |
| Predecessor | Apple A9 Q3/2015 |
| Successor | Apple A11 Bionic Q3/2017 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Hurricane 2.34 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Zephyr 1.09 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | No |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A10 |
| GPU frequency | 0.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2016 |
Memory & PCIe
| Memory type | Memory bandwidth |
|---|---|
| LPDDR4-3200 | 25.6 GB/s |
| Property | Value |
| Max. Memory | 3 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 |
| ECC | ✗ |
| PCIe | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | |
| TDP up | |
| TDP down | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | |
| Release date | Q3/2016 |
| Release price | |
| Documents |
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