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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs Apple A17 Pro

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 82 %
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A17 Pro
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Rank 2 - 64 %
Apple A17 Pro
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,397
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
2,952
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
10,412
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
7,235
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
1,768
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
2,140
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
9,996
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
5,868
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
4,580
Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
2,147
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple M1 (9)Apple A17 Pro (1)
ArchitectureM1Ibiza
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple A18 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
2x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 3.78 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.11 GHz
L2-Cache24.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
GPU nameApple M1 Pro (14 Core)Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.30 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader224 / 179224 / 768
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory32 GB6 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB8 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
TDP35 W11 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)Apple A17 Pro
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2023
Release price
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 3.78 GHz

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