General information | |
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Launched | September 12, 2023 |
Designed by | Apple Inc. |
Common manufacturer(s) | |
Product code | APL1V02 |
Max. CPU clock rate | to 3.78 GHz [2] |
Cache | |
L2 cache | 16 MB (performance cores) 4 MB (efficiency cores) |
L4 cache | 24 MB (system level cache) |
Architecture and classification | |
Application | Mobile |
Technology node | TSMC N3B |
Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A [3] |
Physical specifications | |
Transistors |
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Cores |
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Memory (RAM) |
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GPU(s) | Apple-designed 6-core GPU [4] |
History | |
Predecessor(s) | Apple A16 |
The Apple A17 Pro is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC. [5] It is used in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models only [2] [6] and is the first widely available SoC to be built on a 3 nm process. [7] [8]
The Apple A17 Pro features an Apple-designed 64-bit six-core CPU with two high-performance cores running at 3.78 GHz, and four energy-efficient cores running at 2.11 GHz. [2] Apple claims the new high-performance cores are 10% faster due to its improved branch prediction, and wider decode & execution engines, and the new energy-efficient cores are faster and 3x more efficient than the competition. [6] The amount of RAM has increased from 6 GB to 8 GB. [9]
The A17 Pro integrates a new Apple-designed six-core GPU, which Apple claims is 20% faster and their biggest redesign in the history of Apple GPUs, with added hardware accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading support. The 16-core Neural Engine is now capable of 35 trillion operations per second. The A17 Pro also added support for AV1 decoding and USB 3.2 Gen 2 (est. up to 10 Gb/s). [10] The A17 Pro contains 19 billion transistors, a 19% increase from the A16's transistor count of 16 billion, and is fabricated by TSMC on their 3 nm N3B process. [6]
Variant | CPU cores (P+E)* |
GPU | Neural Engine | Memory | Process | Transistor count | |||
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Cores | EUs | ALUs | Cores | Performance | |||||
A15 Bionic | 5 (2+3) | 5 | 80 | 640 | 16 | 15.8 TOPS | 4 GB |
TSMC N5 |
15 billion |
6 (2+4) | 4 | 64 | 512 | ||||||
5 | 80 | 640 | 4–6 GB | ||||||
A16 Bionic | 6 (2+4) | 5 | 80 | 640 | 17 TOPS | 6 GB |
TSMC N4P |
16 billion | |
A17 Pro | 6 (2+4) | 6 | 96 | 768 | 35 TOPS | 8 GB |
TSMC N3B |
19 billion |
General information | |
---|---|
Launched | September 12, 2023 |
Designed by | Apple Inc. |
Common manufacturer(s) | |
Product code | APL1V02 |
Max. CPU clock rate | to 3.78 GHz [2] |
Cache | |
L2 cache | 16 MB (performance cores) 4 MB (efficiency cores) |
L4 cache | 24 MB (system level cache) |
Architecture and classification | |
Application | Mobile |
Technology node | TSMC N3B |
Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A [3] |
Physical specifications | |
Transistors |
|
Cores |
|
Memory (RAM) |
|
GPU(s) | Apple-designed 6-core GPU [4] |
History | |
Predecessor(s) | Apple A16 |
The Apple A17 Pro is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC. [5] It is used in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models only [2] [6] and is the first widely available SoC to be built on a 3 nm process. [7] [8]
The Apple A17 Pro features an Apple-designed 64-bit six-core CPU with two high-performance cores running at 3.78 GHz, and four energy-efficient cores running at 2.11 GHz. [2] Apple claims the new high-performance cores are 10% faster due to its improved branch prediction, and wider decode & execution engines, and the new energy-efficient cores are faster and 3x more efficient than the competition. [6] The amount of RAM has increased from 6 GB to 8 GB. [9]
The A17 Pro integrates a new Apple-designed six-core GPU, which Apple claims is 20% faster and their biggest redesign in the history of Apple GPUs, with added hardware accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading support. The 16-core Neural Engine is now capable of 35 trillion operations per second. The A17 Pro also added support for AV1 decoding and USB 3.2 Gen 2 (est. up to 10 Gb/s). [10] The A17 Pro contains 19 billion transistors, a 19% increase from the A16's transistor count of 16 billion, and is fabricated by TSMC on their 3 nm N3B process. [6]
Variant | CPU cores (P+E)* |
GPU | Neural Engine | Memory | Process | Transistor count | |||
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Cores | EUs | ALUs | Cores | Performance | |||||
A15 Bionic | 5 (2+3) | 5 | 80 | 640 | 16 | 15.8 TOPS | 4 GB |
TSMC N5 |
15 billion |
6 (2+4) | 4 | 64 | 512 | ||||||
5 | 80 | 640 | 4–6 GB | ||||||
A16 Bionic | 6 (2+4) | 5 | 80 | 640 | 17 TOPS | 6 GB |
TSMC N4P |
16 billion | |
A17 Pro | 6 (2+4) | 6 | 96 | 768 | 35 TOPS | 8 GB |
TSMC N3B |
19 billion |