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

Key Specs Apple M1 (iPad) and Apple A10 Fusion
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M1 (iPad)
1795997
Apple A10 Fusion
398082
CPU479517130186
GPU77767887953
Memory19437274543
UX334430105400
NanoReview Score1795997398082
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
Apple A10 Fusion
2632
Stability73 %67 %
Graphics Test102 fps15 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
Apple A10 Fusion
878
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
Apple A10 Fusion
1319
File Compression326.3 MB/s47.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser176 pages/s38.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering224.2 MP/sec41.8 MP/sec
Background Blur31.9 frames/s3.5 frames/s
Photo Processing70 frames/s12 frames/s
Image Detection192 frames/s12.1 frames/s
HDR283 MP/sec47.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.65 MP/sec1.53 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 specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
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

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine No
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
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

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
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.

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