Apple A17 Pro vs Apple M2 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Apple M2 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Apple M2 (iPad)
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 M2 (iPad)
2188966
CPU390106547920
GPU534149915149
Memory274926363648
UX336927362249
NanoReview Score15361082188966
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Stabilityn/a74 %
Graphics Test59 fps118 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
File Compression260.8 MB/s375.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s220.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec249.8 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s41.1 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s99.3 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s226.5 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec325.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec10.7 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3780 3490
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 20 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Apple M2 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 6 8
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 2918 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 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 102.4 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- 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
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr June, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 APL1109

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