Apple A10X Fusion vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A10/A10X Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  10 7
• 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 1x Kryo 585 Prime
• B-Core
  3x Zephyr 3x Kryo 585 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 585 Silver
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.38 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  2.38 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.42 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
  - 12.0
• Execution units
  12 2
• Generation
  7 6
• GPU Frequency
  900 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A10X Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 670 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2019
• Shader
  384 512
• Technology
  10 nm 7 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 / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Apple A10X Fusion. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  3 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A10X Fusion and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A10X Fusion and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A10 Kryo 585
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Part Number
  - SM8250-AC
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q2/2021
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None