Apple A17 Pro vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2023 vs June 2022)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2023
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
APL1109
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS

Memory Specifications

3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
8 W
TDP
15 W

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +13%
M2 iPad
2633
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476
M2 iPad
9898 +32%
FP32 (float)
A17 Pro
2146
M2 iPad
2860 +33%