Apple M1 (iPad) vs Apple A10 Fusion
Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 (iPad), vs Apple A10 Fusion. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 479517 | 130186 |
| GPU | 777678 | 87953 |
| Memory | 194372 | 74543 |
| UX | 334430 | 105400 |
| NanoReview Score | 1795997 | 398082 |
| Stability | 73 % | 67 % |
| Graphics Test | 102 fps | 15 fps |
| File Compression | 326.3 MB/s | 47.8 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 176 pages/s | 38.7 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 224.2 MP/sec | 41.8 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 31.9 frames/s | 3.5 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 70 frames/s | 12 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 192 frames/s | 12.1 frames/s |
| HDR | 283 MP/sec | 47.3 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 9.65 MP/sec | 1.53 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm - 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm |
- 2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane - 2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 3200 | 2340 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 4 MB |
| Process tech. | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | 3.3 billion |
| Power (TDP) | 14 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple M1 GPU | PowerVR GT7600 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) |
| GPU Frequency | 1278 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution Units | 8 | 6 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 32 |
| Total shader | 1024 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 2617 GFLOPS | 249.6 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 1.2 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Apple Neural Engine | No |
| GPU Frequency | 11 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory Frequency | 2133 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 2x16 bit | 2x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 68.25 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max. resolution | 2732x2048 pixels | 2048x1536 pixels |
| Camera | n/a | 1x32 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
- H.264 - H.265 - VC-1 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | n/a | Qualcomm MDM9645M |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G Support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 MB/s | Up to 600 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 2500 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Galileo - QZSS |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo |
Other
| Announced | November, 2020 yr | September, 2016 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1102 | APL1W24 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 3