apple a10 series application processor

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

ARM® CortexTM-A8 SC, 45nm

ARM® CortexTM-A9 DC, 45nm

ARM® CortexTM-A9 DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® ARMv7 DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® ARMv7a DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A9 SC, 32nm HKMG

APL2498 APL0498

APL0398

APL5498

APL0598

APL5598

APL0698 APL5698


M7 Motion Coprocessor


APL7498

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APL1011

ARM® ARMv8a DC/TC, 20nm HKMG


APL1012

ARM® v7a SC, 28nm HKMG

APL0778

ARM® ARMv8a DC, 14/16nm FinFET


APL1012 APL0898

M9

APL1012

M9

APL1W24

M10

ARM® ARMv8a QC, 16nm FinFET


APL1071

M10

ARM® ARMv8a 6-cores, 16nm FinFET


2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ARM® v8a DC, 28nm HKMG

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

ARM® CortexTM-A8 SC, 45nm


ARM® CortexTM-A9 DC, 32nm HKMG


ARM® ARMv7a DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A9 SC, 32nm HKMG

APL2498 APL0498

APL0398

APL5498

APL0598

APL5598


APL7498

32-bit Processor


2014 2015 2016 2017

APL0698 APL5698



APL1011

ARM® ARMv8a DC/TC, 20nm HKMG


APL1012

APL1012 APL0898

ARM® ARMv8a DC, 14/16nm FinFET


APL1012

M9 M9

APL1W24

ARM® ARMv8a QC, 16nm FinFET


M10

APL1071

M10

ARM® ARMv8a 6-cores, 16nm FinFET


64-bit Processor

APL1W24/339S00258

- TSMC 16nm FinFET process

- Apple 4th generation ARM v8a architecture, 2.34GHz

- Two high-performance cores

- Two high-efficiency cores

- Integrated M10 motion coprocessor

- Imagination PowerVR Series 7 GPU, 6-clusters

- 4-channel 16-bits LPDDR4 memory controller

- DisplayPort/MIPI-CSI

- PCIe, HSIC, I2C, UART, USB

- Fingerprint sensor controller

- 125mm2

M10

120% FASTER

339S0030

339S0036

ARM®ARM11 Single Core

339S0073

ARM® CortexTM-A8 Single Core

ARM® v7 architecture Dual Core

ARM® v8a architecture Dual Core



ARM® v8 architecture Dual Core

ARM® v8a architecture Dual Core

ARM®ARM11 Single Core

M9

M10

ARM® v8a architecture Quad Core

2007 2016

Processing Performance

2007 2016

240% FASTER

Graphics Performance

339S0030

Imagination MBX Lite

339S0036

339S0073

M9

Imagination MBX Lite

Imagination PowerVR SGX535


Imagination PowerVR SGX543MP2


Imagination PowerVR GX6430

Imagination PowerVR Series6XT

4-Clusters

Imagination PowerVR Series 7XT

GT7600, 6-cores

M10


GT7600

338S00105 Audio Codec

32GB/128GB/256GB NVMe SSD

338S00225-A1 PMIC

338S00220 Audio AMP

M10

iPhone 7

4-channel 16-bits LPDDR4

16Gb/24Gb

LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

PCIe

NVMe SSD 32GB/128/256GB

338S00225-A1

PMIC


Qualcomm MDM9645

Qualcomm PMD9645

Qualcomm WTR4905

Qualcomm WTR3925

RF Front End

Bosch Barometer

ALPS eCompass

InvenSense Accel/Gyro

4.7”, 1334x750 5.5”, 1920x1080

PCIe

Murata/USI 339S00199 339S00201

UART PCIe

NXP CBTL1610B3

Touch Screen

Controller

TAPTIC ENGINE

ALS

M10

ADI AD7149

NXP 67V04

338S00220 Audio AMP

iPhone 7


338S00220 Audio AMP

intel PMB9943

intel PMB6826

intel PMB5750s

intel PMB5750s

RF Front End

Bosch Barometer

ALPS eCompass

InvenSense Accel/Gyro

4.7”, 1334x750 5.5”, 1920x1080

SSIC UART PCIe

NXP CBTL1610B3

TAPTIC ENGINE

ALS

BRCM BCM47734

M10

4-channel 16-bits LPDDR4

16Gb/24Gb

LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

PCIe

NVMe SSD 32GB/128/256GB

338S00225-A1

PMIC

Touch Screen

Controller

NXP 67V04

ADI AD7149

Murata/USI 339S00199 339S00201

APL1071/343S00195

- TSMC 10nm FinFET process

- Apple 4th generation ARM v8a architecture, 2.38GHz

- Three high-performance cores

- Three high-efficiency cores

- Integrated M10 motion coprocessor

- 12-cores GPU

- 8-channel 16-bits LPDDR4 memory controller

- DisplayPort/MIPI-CSI

- PCIe, I2C, UART, USB 3.0

- Fingerprint sensor controller

- 125mm2

M10

2007 2017

500xFASTER





8-Clusters

M9


12-cores


Imagination PowerVR G6430

M10

12-cores GPU

Graphics Performance


53mm2

122mm2

165mm2

123mm2

102mm2

128mm2

147mm2

96mm2

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Tablet SoC Die Size

SAMSUNG 45nm

SAMSUNG 45 nm

SAMSUNG 45nm

SAMSUNG 32nm

SAMSUNG 28nm

SAMSUNG 20nm

M9

TSMC 16nm

M10

TSMC 10nm

2010 2017 2015 2014 2013 2011 2012


M10

64GB/256/512GB NVMe SSD

343S00121-A1

343S00118-A0

343S00120-A0

iPad Pro

Front facing camera

Rear facing camera

PCIe UART

LPDDR4

LPDDR4

0This is for WiFi + Cellular model

PCIe

4-channel 16-bit

16Gb LPDDR4

WiFi/BT Module

Baseband Processor

PA Chips

64/256/512GB NVMe SSD

eCompass

Barometer

Gyro/Accel

ALS

NXP 1610A3

NXP 67V04

LPDDR4

LPDDR4

Broadcom BCM15900

NXP 8416A1

LPDDR4

LPDDR4 4-channel 16-bit

16Gb LPDDR4 LPDDR4

LPDDR4

Broadcom BCM15900

eDP

12.9”, 2732x2048 10.5”, 2224x1668

NXP LP11U37

M10

CS42L83A

343S00118-A0

343S00120-A0

343S00121-A1

TSMC 10nm process Apple TC performance core + TC efficiency core 12-cores GPU 8-channel 16-bit LPDDR4 PCIe/USB 3.0/UART eDP/MIPI-CSI PCIe NVMe SSD

intel 14nm process Intel 7th generation core architecture, KabyLake, DC Intel HD Graphics 615 4-channel 32-bit LPDDR3 PCIe/SSIC/USB 3.0/UART eDP/MIPI-CSI PCIe NVMe SSD/SATA/eMMC/SD

System Information

Apple MacBook 2017 Apple iPad Pro 2017

Operating System macOS 10.12.2(build 16F2073) iOS 10.3.2

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-7Y32, 1.2GHz, DC Intel® Core™ i5-7Y54, 1.3GHz, DC Intel® Core™ i7-7Y75, 1.4GHz, DC

Apple A10X, 2.36GHz, TC

L1 Instruction Cache 32 KB x2 64KB

L1 Data Cache 32 KB x2 64KB

L2 Cache 256 KB x2 8192KB

L3 Cache 4096 KB 0 KB

System Memory 8GB LPDDR3-1867 4GB LPDDR4

Storage Apple proprietary NVMe SSD controller Apple proprietary NVMe SSD in BGA

Battery 41.4W 30.4W(10.5”)/41W(12.9”)

Battery Life Up to 10 hours wireless web

Up to 12 hours iTunes movie playback Up to 30 days of standby time

Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi, watching video, or listening to music

Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network

2017

0

12” 2304 x 1440

PCIe 3.0 x2

eDP

USB

CIRRUS 4208-CWZ

PCIe

HD Audio

DP USB

LPDDR3

LPDDR3

Micron 7CB47 D9TDZ

32Gb LPDDR3

USI 339S0251 (BCM4350)

128GB/256GB NAND Flash

128GB/256GB NAND Flash

SK Hynix H9CKNNN4GTATMR

-NTH

4Gb LPDDR3

PoP package

Apple Proprietary NVMe SSD

SN650839 61A7NNWGI

i

95828 HRTZ

X602BMZ

UART

PCIe

SPI

ALS

Intel® KabyLake CPU +

Intel® HD Graphics 615

Intel® PCH-LP

LPDDR3

LPDDR3

Micron 7CB47 D9TDZ

32Gb LPDDR3

PS8741A

CD3215B1 61AHXHW

GI

338S00227-A0 1715BHEY e6

58879D

58873D

AP0256J

Broadcom BCM15700A2

SK Hynix H5TC4G63CFR

4Gb DDR3L

Intel® Core™ i5-7Y32 Intel® Core™ i5-7Y54 Intel® Core™ i7-7Y75

STMicro electronics STM32F103R6

Force Touch TrackPad

Bosch BMA280

Broadcom BCM5976

TMP513A

TM4EA23I H6ZXRI

72A60FW GI

iPad Pro

Front facing camera

Rear facing camera

PCIe UART

LPDDR4

LPDDR4

0This is for WiFi + Cellular model

PCIe

4-channel 16-bit

16Gb LPDDR4

WiFi/BT Module

Qualcomm Baseband Processor

PA Chips

64/256/512GB NVMe SSD

eCompass

Barometer

Gyro/Accel

ALS

NXP 1610A3

NXP 67V04

LPDDR4

LPDDR4

Broadcom BCM15900

NXP 8416A1

LPDDR4

LPDDR4 4-channel 16-bit

16Gb LPDDR4 LPDDR4

LPDDR4

Broadcom BCM15900

eDP

10.5” 2224x1668

M10

CS42L83A

343S00118-A0

343S00120-A0

343S00121-A1

Parade DP825

TI TPS565158

Intersil 248828

Cypress CYPD2104

PCIe

3832 3485

9091

6813

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

Apple A10X2.6GHz, TC

Intel m3-7Y32 1.2GHz, DC(Kaby Lake)

Geekbench

Single-Core

Multi-core

Apple A10X vs intel 7th Gen CPU

Single-Core Performance


Multi-Core Performance


Skylake-Y

Skylake-U

Apple A9X

Apple A10X

Apple A10

3832 3515

3251

1933 1978

3901

1722

9091

5969

5468

6218 6375

7075

5632

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

Apple A10X2.6GHz, TC

Apple A102.34GHz, DC

Apple A9X2.3GHz, DC

QualcommSnapDragon 835

SAMSUNGExynos 8895

Intel m3-7Y321.2GHz, DC(Kaby Lake)

Intel Pentium J42051.5GHz, QC

(Apollo Lake)

Geekbench

Single-Core

Multi-core

Apple vs QCT vs SAMSUNG vs intel

System Memory Transition

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H

mac OS

Apple MacMini DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

iMac DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 DDR4 DDR4

iMac Pro DDR4

Apple MacBook Air LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

The New MacBook 12" LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

Apple MacBook Pro 13" DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

Apple MacBook Pro 15" DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

Mac Pro DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L DDR3L

watchOS Apple Watch LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

iOS

Apple iPhone LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

LPDDR3 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

Apple iPad Pro LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

Apple iPad Air LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

iPad LPDDR4 LPDDR4

Apple iPad mini LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

tvOS Apple TV LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

LPDDR2 LPDDR2

iOS Apple iPod Touch LPDDR2 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

HomePod LPDDR3

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