Apple A17 Pro Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Apple A17 Pro is a 6 core processor. It can process 6 threads concurrently and is based on the 17. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2023. The Apple A17 Pro scores 2,140 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 5,868 points.
Apple A17 Pro

At a glance

Name: Apple A17 Pro
Family: Apple A series (25)
CPU group: Apple A17 Pro (1)
Architecture: Ibiza
Technology: 3 nm
Segment: Smartphone / Tablet
Generation: 17
Predecessor: Apple A16 Bionic
Successor: Apple A18 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 6 CPU cores of the Apple A17 Pro clock with 0.70 GHz (3.78 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 6
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 2x Ibiza P-Core
B-Core: 4x Ibiza E-Core
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 0.70 GHz (3.78 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 0.74 GHz (2.11 GHz)

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU: --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

With the Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores), the Apple A17 Pro has an build in graphic solution. It has 24 SM processors, which have a total of 768 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency: 0.39 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.40 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 768
Hardware Raytracing: Yes
Release date: Q3/2023
Max. displays: 1
Generation: --
Direct X: --
Technology: 3 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 6 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple A17 Pro supports up to 8 GB memory in up to 1 (Single Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR5-6400
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 8 GB
Memory channels: 1 (Single Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Apple A17 Pro has a TDP of 11 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 11 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Apple A17 Pro has a 44.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 3 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 3 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: --
L2-Cache: 20.00 MB
L3-Cache: 24.00 MB
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions: --
Release date: Q3/2023
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
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Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Apple A18 Pro Apple A18 Pro
6C 6T @ 4.04 GHz
3409
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy
8C 8T @ 4.47 GHz
3231
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
8C 8T @ 4.32 GHz
3196
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
2952
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8C 8T @ 3.62 GHzNot verified
2876
Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
5C 5T @ 3.46 GHz
2573
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
2531

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Apple A18 Pro Apple A18 Pro
6C 6T @ 4.04 GHz
8492
MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ MediaTek Dimensity 9300+
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
8040
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C 8T @ 3.25 GHz
7760
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
7235
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
7117
Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2400
10C 10T @ 3.21 GHz
6971
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
6299

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
8C 8T @ 4.32 GHz
2236
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
2140
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
1890
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1701
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1688

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
8C 8T @ 4.32 GHz
9015
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
7538
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
6280
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz
5868
MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ MediaTek Dimensity 9300+
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5860
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5789
Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2400
10C 10T @ 3.21 GHz
5651

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 HiSilicon Kirin 9000
ARM Mali-G78 MP24 @ 0.76 GHz
2332
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm Adreno 750 @ 0.90 GHz
2287
Apple A18 Apple A18
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) @ 1.68 GHz
2150
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores) @ 1.40 GHz
2147
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
ARM Mali-G78 MP22 @ 0.76 GHz
2137
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy
Qualcomm Adreno 830 @ 1.20 GHz
1950
Google Tensor Google Tensor
ARM Mali-G78 MP20 @ 0.76 GHz
1943

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.
Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2400
10C 10T @ 3.21 GHz
1724950
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1628500
MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ MediaTek Dimensity 9200+
8C 8T @ 3.35 GHz
1504080
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 0.70 GHz
1488440
MediaTek Dimensity 8300 MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C 8T @ 3.35 GHz
1468250
Apple A16 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
1394590
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1157370

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1281650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1238550
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 MediaTek Dimensity 9200
8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz
1168520
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 0.70 GHz
1108570
MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ MediaTek Dimensity 9000+
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1083170
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1032680
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz
1014250

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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).
Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2400
10C 10T @ 3.21 GHz
42
Apple A18 Apple A18
6C 6T @ 0.70 GHz
38
Apple A18 Pro Apple A18 Pro
6C 6T @ 0.70 GHz
38
Apple A17 Pro Apple A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 0.70 GHz
35
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
34
MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ MediaTek Dimensity 9300+
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
33
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C 8T @ 3.25 GHz
33

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