A17 Pro vs A15 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A17 Pro (with Apple A17 GPU graphics) and A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 5 nm)
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Performs 25% better in floating-point computations
- Announced 2-years later
- 17% higher CPU clock speed (3780 vs 3230 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1579K vs 1289K
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 373446 | 308595 |
| GPU | 579682 | 391360 |
| Memory | 283791 | 194775 |
| UX | 341416 | 382905 |
| Total score | 1579294 | 1289546 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 260.8 MB/sec | 203.3 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 169.6 pages/sec | 124.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 178.5 Mpixels/sec | 143.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 173.5 images/sec | 130 images/sec |
| HDR | 232.4 Mpixels/sec | 169.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 27.9 images/sec | 22.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 79.1 images/sec | 60.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.58 Mpixels/sec | 5.93 Mpixels/sec |
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 78% |
| Graphics test | - | 52 FPS |
| Score | - | 8702 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A17 Pro and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.02 GHz – |
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3780 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 19 billion | 15 billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A17 GPU | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2147.2 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | - | 2732 x 2048 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | September 2023 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1V02 | APL1W07 |
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