Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A16 Bionic

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2023 vs September 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2023
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
APL1W10
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
6
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
-
Storage type
NVMe
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
8 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +16%
A16 Bionic
2562
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +12%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153 +11%
A16 Bionic
1421181
FP32 (float)
A17 Pro
2146 +20%
A16 Bionic
1788