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Apple A9X vs Apple A10X Fusion. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2015
Apple A9X
Apple A9X
Released
Q2/2017
Overall score
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Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion

What's the best choice Apple A9X or Apple A10X Fusion? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A9X has a maximum frequency of 2.16 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 8 W. Released in Q3/2015.

Apple A10X Fusion has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 8 W. Released in Q2/2017.

Differences

Apple A9X Reasons to consider
Apple A9X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1254 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 40% better clock speed

    2.16 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A9X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    985 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1245 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    616 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    62 place
Apple A10X Fusion Reasons to consider
Apple A10X Fusion
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    818 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 3 times more cores

    6 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % better overclocked clock speed

    2.38 GHz left arrow 2.26 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A10X Fusion CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    717 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    915 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    512 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    38 place
  • AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
    20 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A9X Apple A9X
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow Apple A series
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 10
  • CPU group
    Apple A9/A9X left arrow Apple A10/A10X
  • Predecessor
    Apple A8X left arrow Apple A9X
  • Successor
    Apple A10X Fusion left arrow Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU Technical specs

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
    2.16 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.26 GHz left arrow 2.38 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    2x Twister left arrow 3x Hurricane
  • B core
    -- left arrow 3x Zephyr
IGPU

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 A9X left arrow Apple A10X
  • GPU frequency
    0.65 GHz left arrow 0.90 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 12
  • Shader
    384 left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 4 GB
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 7
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q2/2017
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A10X Fusion and Apple A9X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4-3200 left arrow LPDDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    4 GB left arrow 3 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A9X and Apple A10X Fusion to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    8 W left arrow 8 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A9X and Apple A9X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A9 left arrow A10
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q2/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A9X and Apple A10X Fusion.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
652
Apple A9X
837
Apple A10X Fusion
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1198
Apple A9X
2250
Apple A10X Fusion
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
499
Apple A9X
685
Apple A10X Fusion
AnTuTu 8 benchmark
The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark tests ARM processors by simulating browser and application performance for Android, iOS, AI, SoC
272103
Apple A9X
377455
Apple A10X Fusion

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