Apple A9 vs Apple A10 Fusion

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr
Frequency
1850 MHz
2340 MHz
Cores
2
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
2
3.3
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
650 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
6
6
Shading units
32
32
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
1.2
DirectX version
11
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Apple M10
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
APL1W24

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
285,954
347,439
Geekbench 6
623
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Geekbench 6
957
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FP32 (float)
249
249