Apple A10X Fusion vs Intel Core i5-8260U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 8
• CPU group
  Apple A10/A10X Intel Core i 8000U
• Predecessor
  Apple A9X --
• Successor
  Apple A12Z Bionic --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.30 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.38 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  3x Hurricane --
• B core
  3x Zephyr --

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple A10X Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.90 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  12 24
• Shader
  384 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  7 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q3/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8260U and Apple A10X Fusion. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-2133
• Max. Memory
  3 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A10X Fusion and Intel Core i5-8260U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  8 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A10X Fusion and Apple A10X Fusion, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  A10 Kaby Lake U Refresh
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1528
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2019