Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Apple A15 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Apple A15 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A17 Pro
1536108
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
CPU390106309916
GPU534149432105
Memory274926243964
UX336927313105
NanoReview Score15361081299090
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Test59 fps56 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
File Compression260.8 MB/s203.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s124.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec143.5 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s22.2 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s60.2 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s130 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec169.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3780 3230
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 15 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Apple A15 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1338 MHz
Execution Units 6 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 15.8 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 1290x2796 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr September, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 APL1W07

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A17 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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