Apple A10X Fusion vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A10/A10X Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  10 6
• Predecessor
  Apple A9X -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A12Z Bionic -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  3x Hurricane 4x Kryo 265 Gold
• B-Core
  3x Zephyr 4x Kryo 265 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.38 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  2.38 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.4 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.8 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  12 0
• Generation
  7 6
• GPU Frequency
  900 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple A10X Qualcomm Adreno 610
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q2/2019
• Shader
  384 128
• Technology
  10 nm 11 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G and Apple A10X Fusion. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  3 GB 4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-2133
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 17 GB/s

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A10X Fusion and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  8 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A10X Fusion and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A10 Kryo 265
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB -
• Part Number
  - SM6225
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q1/2022
• Technology
  10 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Operating systems
  - Android