Apple A9 vs Apple A10 Fusion
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 4 cores 2340MHz Apple A10 Fusion . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 16nm)
Apple A10 Fusion 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2340MHz vs 1850MHz)
Released 1 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Apple A10 Fusion
+21%
347439
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
Apple A10 Fusion
+41%
879
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Apple A10 Fusion
+39%
1332
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Apple A10 Fusion
0.249 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane
2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr
1850 MHz
Frequency
2340 MHz
2
Cores
4
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
3 MB
0
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
16 nm
2
Transistor count
3.3
5 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
650 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
6
Execution units
6
32
Shading units
32
4
Max size
4
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
1.2
OpenCL version
1.2
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
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Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M10
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9645M
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 100 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Sep 2016
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
APL1W24
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