CPU A
Apple A10 Fusion
4 cores 2340 MHz 16 nanometers PowerVR GT7600
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A10 Fusion vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8 cores 2960 MHz 7 nanometers Adreno 640
Compared fields
43
Different values
39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion
- Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr | 1x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| CPU cores | 4 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2340 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| Process technology | 16 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistors | 3.3 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | Not available |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | Not available | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | Not available | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | Not available | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 3 GB | 16 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | PowerVR GT7600 | Adreno 640 |
| GPU architecture | Rogue | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 2 |
| Shaders | 196 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 115 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | No | Hexagon 690 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2048 x 1536 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 100 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
General
| Specification | Apple A10 Fusion | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2016 | April 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Not available | SM8150-AC |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 2 |
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.
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