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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) vs Apple A17 Pro

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 89 %
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A17 Pro
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Rank 2 - 44 %
Apple A17 Pro
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
2,689
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
2,952
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
14,207
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
7,235
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
2,140
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
15,506
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
5,868
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (19 Core)
6,745
Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
2,147
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)Apple A17 Pro (1)
ArchitectureM2Ibiza
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU)Apple A18 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
CPU Cores / Threads12 / 126 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 8x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
2x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 3.78 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.11 GHz
L2-Cache36.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
GPU nameApple M2 Pro (19 Core)Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader304 / 243224 / 768
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory32 GB6 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2023Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)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 M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
TDP40 W11 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)Apple A17 Pro
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2023Q3/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 3.78 GHz

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