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| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | June 13, 2017 |
| Discontinued | April 20, 2021 |
| Designed by | Apple Inc. |
| Common manufacturer | |
| Product code | APL1071[2] |
| Max.CPUclock rate | to 2.38 GHz[3] |
| Physical specifications | |
| Cores |
|
| GPU | 12 core[4] |
| Cache | |
| L1cache | Per core: 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data[5] |
| L2 cache | 8 MB shared[5] |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Application | Mobile |
| Technology node | 10FF nm[1] |
| Microarchitecture | Hurricane and Zephyr |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A:A64,A32,T32 |
| Products, models, variants | |
| Variant | |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Apple A9X |
| Successor | Apple A12X Bionic |
TheApple A10X Fusion is a64-bitARM-basedsystem on a chip (SoC) designed byApple Inc., part of theApple silicon series, and manufactured byTSMC. It first appeared in the 10.5"iPad Pro and the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro which were both announced on June 5, 2017.[6] It was also used in the Apple TV 4K (first generation). The A10X is a variant of theA10 and Apple claims that it has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 40 percent faster GPU performance than its predecessor, theA9X.[6]
The final software update for theiPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017) andiPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation, 2017) variants of this chip was iPadOS 17.7.10. TheApple TV 4K (first generation, 2017) variant continues to be supported withtvOS 26.
The A10X features an Apple-designed 64-bit 2.38 GHz[3] ARMv8-A six-core CPU, with three high-performanceHurricane cores and three energy-efficientZephyr cores.[4][1] The A10X also integrates a twelve-coregraphics processing unit (GPU)[4] which appears to be the same Apple customizedImaginationPowerVR cores used in the A10.[7] Embedded in the A10X is the M10motion coprocessor.[8]
Built on TSMC's10 nmFinFET process[7] with a die size of 96.4mm2, the A10X is 34% smaller than the A9X and was the smallest iPad SoC upon its release.[1] The A10X is the first TSMC 10nm chip to be used by a consumer device.[1]
The A10X is paired with 4 GB ofLPDDR4 memory in the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro[9] and the 10.5" iPad Pro,[2] and 3 GB in the Apple TV 4K.[10]
The A10X has video codec encoding support forH.264. It has decoding support forHEVC,[11] H.264,MPEG-4, andMotion JPEG.[12]