Apple A5 vs Apple A10 Fusion. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A5/A5X Apple A10/A10X
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  5 10
• Predecessor
  - Apple A9
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A6 Apple A11 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A9 2x Hurricane
• B-Core
  - 2x Zephyr
• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.34 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.34 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
  10 -
• Execution units
  4 6
• Generation
  - 7
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 900 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) Apple A10
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q3/2016
• Shader
  32 192
• Technology
  32 nm 16 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A10 Fusion and Apple A5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB 3 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800 LPDDR4-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A5 and Apple A10 Fusion 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)
  - 5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A5 and Apple A10 Fusion, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A5 A10
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 4 MB
• Part Number
  APL 0498 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2016
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None