Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A17 Pro
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (5 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2021 vs September 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2021
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
APL1V02
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
6
Cores
6
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.0
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-
12 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
A17 Pro
2977
+28%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
A17 Pro
7476
+30%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
A17 Pro
1578153
+20%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
A17 Pro
2146
+28%
