APL0698 APL5698

APL5598 ARM® ARMv8

DC, 28nm HKMG
M7 Motion Coprocessor

ARM® ARMv7a
DC, 32nm HKMG

APL0598

APL5498
ARM® ARMv7
DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A9
DC, 45nm

APL0498 APL2498 APL7498

APL0398
ARM® CortexTM-A9 ARM® CortexTM-A9 ARM® CortexTM-A9
DC, 45nm DC, 32nm HKMG SC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A8
SC, 45nm

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

 APL1071

APL1W24 M10

APL1012 ARM® ARMv8a

APL0898 APL1012 6-cores, 16nm FinFET
M10 M10 Motion Coprocessor
ARM® ARMv8a
APL1011 APL1012 QC, 16nm FinFET
M9 M9
M10 Motion Coprocessor
ARM® ARMv8a
DC, 14/16nm FinFET
M9 Motion Coprocessor
ARM® ARMv8a
DC/TC, 20nm HKMG
M8 Motion Coprocessor

APL0778 ARM® v8a

DC, 28nm HKMG

ARM® v7a
SC, 28nm HKMG

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

 32-bit Processor
APL5598

ARM® ARMv7a
DC, 32nm HKMG

APL0598

ARM® ARMv7
APL5498 DC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A9
DC, 45nm

APL0498 APL2498 APL7498

ARM® CortexTM-A9 ARM® CortexTM-A9 ARM® CortexTM-A9

APL0398 DC, 45nm DC, 32nm HKMG SC, 32nm HKMG

ARM® CortexTM-A8
SC, 45nm

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

 64-bit Processor APL1071

M10

APL1W24 ARM® ARMv8a

6-cores, 16nm FinFET
M10 Motion Coprocessor

M10

ARM® ARMv8a
QC, 16nm FinFET
M10 Motion Coprocessor

APL1012
APL0898 APL1012

M9 M9

ARM® ARMv8a
DC, 14/16nm FinFET
M9 Motion Coprocessor

APL1011 APL1012

ARM® ARMv8a
DC/TC, 20nm HKMG
M8 Motion Coprocessor
APL0698 APL5698

ARM® ARMv8
DC, 28nm HKMG
M7 Motion Coprocessor

2014 2015 2016 2017

 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
M10 - PCIe, HSIC, I2C, UART, USB
- Fingerprint sensor controller
- 125mm2
 Processing Performance
120%
FASTER

M10

ARM® v8a architecture

Quad Core

M9

ARM® v8a architecture

Dual Core

ARM® v8a architecture

Dual Core

ARM® v8 architecture
Dual Core

ARM® v7 architecture
339S0030 339S0036 339S0073
ARM® CortexTM-A9 Dual Core
ARM® Cortex TM-A8 Single Core
ARM®ARM11 ARM®ARM11 ARM® CortexTM-A8
Single Core
Single Core Single Core Single Core

2007 2016
 Graphics Performance
240%
FASTER

M10

Imagination
PowerVR Series 7XT
GT7600

M9

Imagination
PowerVR Series 7XT
GT7600, 6-cores

Imagination
PowerVR Series6XT
4-Clusters
Imagination
PowerVR GX6430

Imagination
339S0030 339S0036 339S0073
Imagination PowerVR SGX543MP3
Imagination PowerVR SGX543MP2
Imagination Imagination Imagination
PowerVR SGX535
MBX Lite MBX Lite PowerVR SGX535

2007 2016
 M10

338S00220
Audio AMP
338S00225-A1
338S00105
Audio Codec
PMIC

32GB/128GB/256GB
NVMe SSD
iPhone 7
Touch 4.7”, 1334x750
Screen
5.5”, 1920x1080 ALS
Controller

LPDDR4
TAPTIC
ENGINE LPDDR4 4-channel
LPDDR4 16-bits LPDDR4
LPDDR4 16Gb/24Gb
InvenSense
Accel/Gyro

PCIe NVMe SSD

32GB/128/256GB
ALPS
eCompass

Bosch 338S00225-A1
Barometer
PMIC

338S00220
M10 ADI
AD7149
Audio AMP 338S00105
Audio Codec

PCIe UART PCIe

RF Front
Qualcomm Qualcomm NXP NXP Murata/USI
End 67V04
WTR4905 MDM9645 CBTL1610B3 339S00199
339S00201

Qualcomm Qualcomm
WTR3925 PMD9645
iPhone 7
Touch 4.7”, 1334x750
Screen
5.5”, 1920x1080 ALS
Controller

LPDDR4
TAPTIC
ENGINE LPDDR4 4-channel
LPDDR4 16-bits LPDDR4
LPDDR4 16Gb/24Gb
InvenSense
Accel/Gyro

PCIe NVMe SSD

32GB/128/256GB
ALPS
eCompass

Bosch 338S00225-A1
Barometer
PMIC

338S00220
M10 ADI
AD7149
Audio AMP 338S00105
Audio Codec

SSIC UART PCIe

RF Front
End
intel intel NXP NXP Murata/USI
67V04
PMB5750s PMB9943 CBTL1610B3 339S00199
339S00201

BRCM
BCM47734
intel intel
PMB5750s PMB6826
 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
M10
- PCIe, I2C, UART, USB 3.0
- Fingerprint sensor controller
- 125mm2
 Graphics Performance
500x
FASTER

M10

12-cores GPU

M9

Imagination
PowerVR Series 7XT
12-cores

Imagination
PowerVR Series 6XT
8-Clusters

Imagination
PowerVR G6430

Imagination
Imagination PowerVR SGX554MP4
Imagination Imagination PowerVR SGX543MP4
PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR SGX543MP2

2007 2017
 Tablet SoC Die Size

180 165mm2

160 147mm2

SAMSUNG 45nm
128mm2
140 122mm2 123mm2 M9

TSMC 16nm

120 102mm2
SAMSUNG 20nm 96mm2
SAMSUNG 32nm
SAMSUNG 45 nm
100

SAMSUNG 28nm M10

80 TSMC 10nm

53mm2
60

40
SAMSUNG 45nm

20

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017

 M10

343S00118-A0
343S00120-A0

64GB/256/512GB 343S00121-A1
NVMe SSD
iPad Pro
Rear facing camera
Broadcom Broadcom
12.9”, 2732x2048
BCM15900 BCM15900 10.5”, 2224x1668 ALS

Front facing camera

eDP
NXP LPDDR4
8416A1
LPDDR4 4-channel
LPDDR4 16-bit
16Gb LPDDR4
Gyro/Accel
LPDDR4

LPDDR4
LPDDR4 4-channel
Barometer 16-bit
LPDDR4
16Gb LPDDR4
LPDDR4

eCompass

64/256/512GB
NVMe SSD

CS42L83A
M10
343S00120-A0 343S00121-A1 343S00118-A0

PCIe UART PCIe

NXP 0
This is for WiFi + PA NXP NXP WiFi/BT
Baseband 1610A3
67V04 LP11U37 Module
Cellular model Chips Processor
 TSMC 10nm process  intel 14nm process
 Apple TC performance core + TC efficiency core  Intel 7th generation core architecture, KabyLake, DC
 12-cores GPU  Intel HD Graphics 615
 8-channel 16-bit LPDDR4  4-channel 32-bit LPDDR3
 PCIe/USB 3.0/UART  PCIe/SSIC/USB 3.0/UART
 eDP/MIPI-CSI  eDP/MIPI-CSI
 PCIe NVMe SSD  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
Intel® Core™ i5-7Y32, 1.2GHz, DC
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-7Y54, 1.3GHz, DC Apple A10X, 2.36GHz, TC
Intel® Core™ i7-7Y75, 1.4GHz, DC
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”)
Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi, watching
Up to 10 hours wireless web
video, or listening to music
Battery Life Up to 12 hours iTunes movie playback
Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data
Up to 30 days of standby time
network
 2017

12” ALS
CIRRUS 2304 x 1440
4208-CWZ
USB

eDP
HD Audio LPDDR3 Micron
7CB47
0
PCIe LPDDR3 D9TDZ
USI 32Gb LPDDR3
Intel® Core™ i5-7Y32
339S0251 Intel® Core™ i5-7Y54
(BCM4350) UART LPDDR3 Micron
Intel® Core™ i7-7Y75 Intel®
PCH-LP 7CB47 Apple Proprietary NVMe SSD
Intel® KabyLake CPU LPDDR3 D9TDZ
+ 32Gb LPDDR3
Intel® HD Graphics 615 128GB/256GB
SK Hynix Broadcom PCIe AP0256J NAND Flash
H5TC4G63CFR
4Gb DDR3L
BCM15700A2 PCIe 3.0 x2
SK Hynix 128GB/256GB
H9CKNNN4GTATMR
-NTH NAND Flash
USB DP 4Gb LPDDR3

PoP package

Force Touch TrackPad

CD3215B1 TM4EA23I SPI STMicro
electronics Broadcom Bosch
61AHXHW H6ZXRI BCM5976
GI 72A60FW STM32F103R6 BMA280
GI

PS8741A
i
95828
SN650839 HRTZ 338S00227-A0 TMP513A
61A7NNWGI 1715BHEY e6
58879D 58873D X602BMZ
iPad Pro
Rear facing camera
Broadcom Broadcom
10.5”
BCM15900 BCM15900 2224x1668 ALS

TI Parade Intersil Front facing camera

TPS565158 DP825 248828

eDP
NXP LPDDR4
8416A1
LPDDR4 4-channel
LPDDR4 16-bit
16Gb LPDDR4
Gyro/Accel
LPDDR4

LPDDR4
LPDDR4 4-channel
Barometer 16-bit
LPDDR4
16Gb LPDDR4
LPDDR4

eCompass

PCIe 64/256/512GB
NVMe SSD

M10
CS42L83A 343S00120-A0 343S00121-A1 343S00118-A0

PCIe UART PCIe

NXP 0
This is for WiFi + PA Qualcomm NXP WiFi/BT
67V04 1610A3
Baseband Module
Cellular model Chips Processor
Cypress
CYPD2104
 Apple A10X vs intel 7th Gen CPU
Geekbench
10000

9091
9000

8000

7000 6813

6000

5000
Single-Core
3832 Multi-core
4000
3485

3000

2000

1000

0
Apple A10X Intel m3-7Y32 1.2GHz, DC
2.6GHz, TC (Kaby Lake)
Single-Core Performance
Apple MacBook 2017 Apple iPad Pro 2017
Single-Core Performance
Apple MacBook 2017 Apple iPad Pro 2017
Multi-Core Performance
Apple MacBook 2017 Apple iPad Pro 2017
Multi-Core Performance
Apple MacBook 2017 Apple iPad Pro 2017
Apple A10X

Apple A9X

Apple A10

Skylake-Y

Skylake-U
Apple A10X

Apple A9X

Apple A10

Skylake-Y

Skylake-U
 Apple vs QCT vs SAMSUNG vs intel
Geekbench
10000
9091
9000

8000

7075
7000
6375
6218
5969
6000 5632
5468

5000
Single-Core
3832 3901 Multi-core
4000
3515
3251
3000

1933 1978
2000 1722

1000

0
Apple A10X Apple A10 Apple A9X Qualcomm SAMSUNG Intel m3-7Y32 Intel Pentium J4205
2.6GHz, TC 2.34GHz, DC 2.3GHz, DC SnapDragon 835 Exynos 8895 1.2GHz, DC 1.5GHz, QC
(Kaby Lake) (Apollo Lake)
 System Memory Transition
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H
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
mac OS
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

LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

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

Apple iPad Pro LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4

iOS
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

LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3 LPDDR3

tvOS Apple TV LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2 LPDDR2
LPDDR2 LPDDR2

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

HomePod LPDDR3