Apple A10 Fusion vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A10 Fusion with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane 2x 1.09 GHz – Zephyr	2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	4	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8.1-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	3300 million
TDP	5 Watt	11 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 2 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1600 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	1x64 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Imagination PowerVR GT7600 Plus	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Rogue	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	650 MHz	620 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	192	256
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2048x1536	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.1 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS