Apple A17 Pro vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Apple M3 (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 M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU390106426842
GPU534149696454
Memory274926304514
UX336927386474
NanoReview Score15361081814284
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Graphics Test59 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression260.8 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec13.4 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3780 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 25 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 n/a
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU n/a
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz n/a
Execution Units 6 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS n/a

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 18 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 1x48 pixels
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
- AV1
- 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 n/a
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 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 n/a

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