Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Apple A17 Pro

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A17 Pro
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple A17 Pro

CPU comparison

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Apple A17 Pro - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) was released in Q1/2023.

The Apple A17 Pro has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.78 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A17 Pro was released in Q3/2023.
Apple M series (25) Family Apple A series (22)
Apple M2 (8) CPU group Apple A17 (1)
2 Generation 17
M2 Architecture A17
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Predecessor Apple A16 Bionic
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Apple A17 Pro has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A17 Pro is at 3.78 GHz.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Apple A17 Pro
10 Cores 6
10 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
6x Avalanche
A-Core 3.78 GHz
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)
4x Blizzard
B-Core 2.11 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Apple A17 Pro
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Apple A17 Pro has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 1.40 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
2 GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology 3 nm
3 Max. displays 3
256 Compute units 24
2048 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 6 GB
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The Apple A17 Pro supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Apple A17 Pro
LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR5-6400
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
28.00 MB L2 Cache 20.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 24.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 30 W, while the Apple A17 Pro has a TDP of 11 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Apple A17 Pro
30 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 11 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The Apple A17 Pro is manufactured in 3 nm and has a 44.00 MB cache.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Apple A17 Pro
5 nm Technology 3 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8.5-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
macOS, iPadOS Operating systems iOS
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (90%)
Apple A17 Pro (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (100%)
Apple A17 Pro (55%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1874 (88%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
2140 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12224 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
5868 (48%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
2689 (91%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
2952 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12084 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
7462 (62%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
5680 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores) @ 1.40 GHz
2147 (38%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz
15.8 (45%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
35 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
122 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
782 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1695 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12125 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 10 benchmark is one of the best-known benchmarks for mobile processors, which is now available in version 10. There is a version for Android-based smartphones and tablets, as well as a version for Apple mobile devices, i.e. iPhones and iPads.

The Antutu 10 benchmark has 3 phases. In the first phase, the device's RAM is tested, in phase 2 the graphics are tested and in the final phase the entire device is pushed to its performance limits by rendering 3D graphics.

Antutu 10 is therefore ideal for comparing the performance of different devices.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
1488440 (100%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
1108570 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
21532 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
12,125 CB R23 MC @ 30 W
404 (100%)
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
3.78 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple A17 Pro
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023)
Apple mac mini (2023)
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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