A20 Pro vs A19 Pro

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A20 Pro (with Apple A20 Pro GPU graphics) and A19 Pro (Apple A19 Pro GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
  • Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 76.8 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 35%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3434K vs 2538K
  • 16% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4260 MHz)
  • Performs 17% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
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AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A20 Pro +35%
3434654
2538751
CPU 879839 753740
GPU 1407166 926158
Memory 418755 217137
UX 728894 641716
Total score 3434654 2538751
Samples Less than 3 [23 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A20 Pro +20%
4772
3970
Multi-Core Score
A20 Pro +23%
12989
10558
Asset compression - 338.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 246.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 235.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection - 358.7 images/sec
HDR - 337.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur - 43.9 images/sec
Photo processing - 109.5 images/sec
Ray tracing - 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Samples - 16 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A20 Pro +21%
55120
45708
Background blur - 96.5 images/sec
Face detection - 104.2 images/sec
Horizon detection - 1.26 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 1.6 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur - 3.46 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 119 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 4071.9 FPS
API - Metal
Samples - 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
A20 Pro +71%
4263
2487
Score 4263 2487
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
A20 Pro +62%
17850
10999
Score 17850 10999
Graphics test - 42 FPS
Section 1 - 47 FPS
Section 2 - 42 FPS
Section 3 - 36 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
9024
n/a
Score 9024 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A20 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 CPU4707 / 12705
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 GPU65077
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 113659652
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's)AnTuTu 113428810
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (hiya)Geekbench 6 GPU64915
Apple A19 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq)AnTuTu 112602137
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Anatoli)AnTuTu 112304042
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (xon1005)Geekbench 6 CPU4028 / 10579
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Domi)AnTuTu 112427596
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 (Cristiano)AnTuTu 112258714

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A20 Pro and A19 Pro

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.93 GHz –
4x 2.64 GHz –
2x 4.26 GHz –
4x 2.6 GHz –
Cores 6 6
Frequency 4930 MHz 4260 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.4-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Process 2 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A20 Pro GPU Apple A19 Pro GPU
Architecture Apple A GPU Apple A GPU
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1620 MHz
Pipelines 7 6
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 896 768
FLOPS 2903 Gigaflops 2488.3 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 35 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 3x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 115.2 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max camera resolution 3x 48MP 3x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Apple C2 Snapdragon X80
4G support - LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed - Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2026 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1Y01 APL1V12

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MarsCivilian September 28, 2026 at 01:32 PM
I wonder why apple doesn't have 8k video support.
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Boris September 9, 2026 at 09:38 PM
The king is back! Hail to the A20 Pro.
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Bob September 22, 2026 at 07:34 PM
As it stands, it appears to have better MC than the upcoming competition. Prototype phones and testing conditions give the competition a very small advantage in MC. Such as the Gen 6 Pro scored 2.4% higher. It’ll definitely score worse when housed into commercial devices.
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