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Nvidia Tegra X1 vs Apple A10X Fusion

Nvidia Tegra X1

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The NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Tegra 6, Codename Erista) is a 64-Bit high performance ARM based SoC (System on a Chip) for (mainly Android based) tablets and embedded systems (like cars). It contains four ARM Cortex A57 and four ARM Cortex A53 cores in the processor part. As a graphics card, Nvidia integrated a Maxwell based GPU with 256 CUDA cores (see for more details and benchmarks). The integrated memory controller supports LPDDR3 and LPDDR4 with a maximum bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s (2x 32 Bit LPDDR4-3200). The Tegra X1 is the successor to the exactly one year earlier announced Tegra K1 SoC.

Similar to the Symsung Exynos 5433, the Tegra X1 uses a big.LITTLE combination of four power saving and small Cortex-A53 cores and four powerful Cortex-A57 cores. Nvidia however uses an own cluster migration solution instead of the ARM Global Task Scheduling (GTS) and therefore only one of the two quad-core clusters is active at a time.

The performance of the processor cores should be in the high-end segment of ARM based SoCs. Nvidia states that the X1 offers a twice as high energy efficiency compared to the Exynos 5433 (same ARM cores at 1.9 GHz manufactured in 20nm).

Due to the big Maxwell graphics card the SoC is mainly aimed at tablets with good cooling solutions and wont be commonly seen in smartphones. The Tegra X1 is produced at TSMC in 20nm.

Apple A10X Fusion

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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).

ModelNvidia Tegra X1Apple A10X Fusion
SeriesNVIDIA TegraApple Apple A-Series
CodenameErista (Cortex-A57 + A53)Cyclone 4?
Clock2000 MHz2390 MHz
L1 Cache576 KB
L2 Cache2.5 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 3
Technology20 nm10 nm
Features4x Cortex-A57 + 4x Cortex-A53, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4-1600 (25.6 GB/s, max. 4 GB), Maxwell-GPU (256 Shader, OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenGL 4.5, DirectX 11.2, CUDA 6.0), Dual ISP (1.3 GP/s), H.264/H.265 4K60 Encoding/Decoding, HDMI 2.0, eMMC 5.1ARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUNVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU ( - 1000 MHz)Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Transistors3300 Million

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
X1 +
min: 22527     avg: 23316     median: 23071 (19%)     max: 24349 Points
min: 19534     avg: 19551     median: 19550.5 (16%)     max: 19567 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2036     avg: 2323     median: 2323 (27%)     max: 2610 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2145     avg: 2370     median: 2369.5 (27%)     max: 2594 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
850 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2324 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
X1 +
1510 Points (15%)
min: 3924     avg: 3929     median: 3928.5 (39%)     max: 3933 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
X1 +
4264 Points (5%)
min: 9293     avg: 9326     median: 9325.5 (10%)     max: 9358 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 X1 +
min: 4208     avg: 4318     median: 4216 (7%)     max: 4530 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 X1 +
min: 1410     avg: 1460     median: 1411 (21%)     max: 1558 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
0 MFLOPS (0%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
X1 +
min: 3844     avg: 4689     median: 4688.5 (5%)     max: 5533 ms
min: 969     avg: 971     median: 971 (1%)     max: 973 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 X1 +
min: 597     avg: 715     median: 715 (8%)     max: 833 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
X1 +
min: 7563     avg: 8032     median: 8031.5 (7%)     max: 8500 Points
min: 30333     avg: 30761     median: 30760.5 (28%)     max: 31188 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 X1 +
2276 Points (61%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 X1 +
2535 Points (56%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 X1 +
6271 Points (83%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 X1 +
20655 points (48%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 X1 +
min: 59811     avg: 63053     median: 63052.5 (64%)     max: 66294 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
X1 +
min: 90568     avg: 112682     median: 112682 (38%)     max: 134796 Points
min: 217439     avg: 222713     median: 222713 (76%)     max: 227987 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 X1 +
2699 Iter./s (83%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 X1 +
15220 Iter./s (50%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
X1 +
129085 Points (17%)
min: 82816     avg: 82838     median: 82837.5 (11%)     max: 82859 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 X1 +
min: 6858     avg: 7492     median: 7491.5 (37%)     max: 8125 Points

Average Benchmarks Nvidia Tegra X1 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Apple A10X Fusion → 188% n=7

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