Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr 2x 2.2 GHz - Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 4 8
Clock speed 2340 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A Not available
Process technology 16 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistors 3.3 billion Not available
TDP 5 W 3 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 3 MB Not available
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus Not available 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 17 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Adreno 619
GPU architecture Rogue Adreno 600
GPU clock 900 MHz 825 MHz
Execution units 6 2
Shaders 196 128
FLOPS 115 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU No Hexagon 686

Display and media

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Maximum display resolution 2048 x 1536 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A10 FusionQualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Release September 2016 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number Not available SM4350-AC
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 14
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A10 Fusion

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

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