Apple A10X Fusion

The Apple A10X Fusion is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple that is built into the 2017 iPad Pro models. It integrates six 64 Bit cores that are divided in two clusters. Three high performance cores are clocked at up to 2.39 GHz. The three power saving cores are used for non demanding tasks. It looks like only one of both clusters is able to run at a time (therefore the apps see only three cores). The principle is similar to the first generation of ARMs big.LITTLE concept.

The performance of the SoC is positioned in the high and and clearly faster than all previous Apple SoCs. Even compared to Android high-end SoCs like the Snapdragon 835, the A10X takes the lead (e.g. in Geekbench or Antutu).

The integrated graphics card of the SoC will most likely stem from PowerVR (again) and features 12 cores instead of 6 in the A10 SoC.

According to TechInsights, the A10X is manufactured in the brand new 10 nm FinFet process at TSMC. Altough it offers more function blocks, the A10X is with measured 96.4 mm2 significantly smaller than the previous A9X (143.9 mm2).

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

min: 19534     avg: 19550.5     median: 19550.5 (27%)     max: 19567 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			19534
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			19567

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -85%

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Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa -10%

Intel Celeron 2970M -9%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -9%

AMD A9-9410 -9%

Intel Atom Z3745 -9%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 -6%

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 -6%

AMD A9-9420 -3%

Apple A10X Fusion

Intel Atom x7-Z8750 1%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) 1%

Intel Pentium N3710 2%

HiSilicon Kirin 970 4%

Intel Pentium N4200 5%

Intel Atom Z3795 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 8%

Intel Core i3-7100U 8%

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AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 264%

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3DMark - Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

min: 2036     avg: 2323     median: 2323 (66%)     max: 2610 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			2036
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			2610

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 -18%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -18%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -15%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 -13%

Samsung Exynos 7885 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 -10%

Apple A11 Bionic -10%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 -6%

Apple A10X Fusion

HiSilicon Kirin 955 4%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 6%

Samsung Exynos 9810 11%

HiSilicon Kirin 970 15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) 23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 53%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 53%

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3DMark - Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

min: 2145     avg: 2369.5     median: 2369.5 (74%)     max: 2594 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			2145
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			2594

Mediatek MT6580M

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 -18%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -18%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -18%

Samsung Exynos 7885 -15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 -12%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 -11%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa -6%

Apple A10X Fusion

HiSilicon Kirin 955 2%

Samsung Exynos 9810 10%

HiSilicon Kirin 970 12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) 17%

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Samsung Exynos 9810 10%

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Geekbench 4.1/4.2 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

min: 3924     avg: 3928.5     median: 3928.5 (66%)     max: 3933 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			3924
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			3933

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -89%

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Intel Core i5-8350U -7%

Intel Core i5-6300U -7%

Samsung Exynos 9810 -5%

Intel Core i7-3720QM -5%

Intel Core i5-7Y54 -5%

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U -4%

Intel Core i5-7200U -3%

Intel Core i5-7300HQ -2%

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 -1%

Apple A10X Fusion

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 1%

Intel Core i7-5557U 2%

Intel Core i5-7Y57 4%

Intel Core i7-5700HQ 5%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 6%

Intel Core i5-8250U 6%

Intel Core i5-7267U 6%

Intel Core i5-7300U 7%

Apple A11 Bionic 8%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 49%

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Geekbench 4.1/4.2 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

min: 9293     avg: 9325.5     median: 9325.5 (37%)     max: 9358 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			9293
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			9358

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -88%

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Intel Core i5-7Y57 -20%

Intel Core i7-5557U -17%

Intel Core i5-7300U -11%

Intel Core i7-7600U -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 -9%

Intel Core i5-7267U -7%

Intel Core i7-7500U -6%

Samsung Exynos 9810 -5%

Intel Core i7-7660U 0%

Apple A10X Fusion

Intel Core i5-7287U 1%

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 5%

Intel Core i5-7300HQ 8%

Apple A11 Bionic 11%

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 16%

Intel Core i5-8350U 18%

Intel Core i7-2860QM 20%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 21%

Intel Core i7-3720QM 30%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 170%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

min: 968.8     avg: 970.8     median: 970.8 (2%)     max: 972.7 ms

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 10	968.8
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 10	972.7

Apple A11 Bionic -26%

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Intel Core i5-7267U -16%

Intel Core i5-6600K -12%

Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 -10%

Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 -9%

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 -8%

Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 -7%

Intel Core i7-7920HQ -7%

Intel Core i7-7660U -3%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G -2%

Apple A10X Fusion

Intel Core i7-7820HQ 0%

Intel Core i7-6920HQ 0%

Intel Core i7-7700HQ 1%

Intel Core i7-8700 2%

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 2%

Intel Core i7-7600U 2%

Intel Core i7-7560U 3%

Intel Core i7-8550U 4%

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 5%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 6026%

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Octane V2 - Total Score

min: 30333     avg: 30760.5     median: 30760.5 (63%)     max: 31188 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 10	30333
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 10	31188

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U -10%

Intel Core i5-7Y54 -9%

Intel Core i5-6198DU -9%

Intel Core i5-6300U -9%

Intel Core i7-6600U -7%

Intel Core i5-7200U -2%

Intel Core i7-6500U -2%

Intel Core i5-6260U -1%

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 0%

Apple A10X Fusion

Intel Core i5-7Y57 0%

Intel Core i5-6360U 0%

Intel Core i5-8350U 1%

Intel Core i7-5557U 2%

Intel Core i5-6267U 3%

Intel Core i5-8250U 4%

Intel Core i5-7500 4%

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 5%

Intel Core i7-3720QM 5%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 57%

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AnTuTu v6 - Total Score

min: 217439     avg: 222713     median: 222713 (98%)     max: 227987 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			217439
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			227987

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -97%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -34%

Apple A10 Fusion -31%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa -23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) -23%

Apple A9X -21%

HiSilicon Kirin 970 -20%

Intel Core i5-7Y57 -19%

Apple A11 Bionic -7%

Samsung Exynos 9810 -1%

Apple A10X Fusion

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 1%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 1%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests

min: 82816     avg: 82837.5     median: 82837.5 (18%)     max: 82859 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			82816
Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017	A10X Fusion GPU	4096 MB			82859

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -99%

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Apple A8 -47%

Mediatek MT6737 -42%

Apple A9 -41%

Apple A10 Fusion -40%

Apple A9X -29%

Mediatek MT8165 -28%

Apple A8X -12%

Mediatek MT6750 -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 -1%

Apple A10X Fusion

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 23%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T 25%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 39%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 41%

Mediatek MT6753 45%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 51%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 54%

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Apple A11 Bionic 446%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Apple A10X Fusion processor

Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017 (Imagination A10X Fusion GPU, 10.5")
» Apple iPad Pro 10.5 Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Pro 10.5 2017 - External Review

Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017 (Imagination A10X Fusion GPU, 12.9")
» Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2017) Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2017 - External Review

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