Apple Unveils Powerful New A17 Pro Chip for iPhone 15 Pro

Apple unveils A17 Pro, a 3nm chip powering iPhone 15 Pro
A17 Pro is Apple's most powerful mobile silicon with 17B transistors
6-core CPU 10% faster than A16, 4 efficiency cores better performance/watt
6-core GPU 20% faster than A16, has hardware accelerated ray tracing
A17 Pro good for game developers - Resident Evil and The Division coming
Why is it called A17 Pro? Could see stripped down A17 in iPhone 16
Pro name gives Apple leeway for slower A17 chip that's still faster than A16

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9/12/2023

Apple Unveils iPhone 15 Pro Models with Titanium Design, Major Camera Upgrades, Satellite SOS, and More

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, featuring a strong and lightweight titanium design, powerful camera upgrades, and the A17 Pro chip for enhanced performance and mobile gaming.

9/12/2023

Apple brings full console games to iPhone 15 Pro with A17 chip and ray tracing

Apple's Wonderlust event showcased the iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Pro chip, enabling console-quality gaming with titles like Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding available on the mobile platform for the first time.

9/14/2023

iPhone 15 Pro Models Outpace iPhone 14 Pro in Benchmarks with Faster A17 Chip and More RAM

The first Geekbench scores for the iPhone 15 Pro have confirmed Apple's claims of improved performance with its new A17 Pro chip, including faster CPU and GPU performance and increased RAM compared to last year's models.

9/14/2023

Apple's New A17 Pro Chip Shows Only Modest Gains Over A16 in Early Benchmarks

The Apple A17 Pro SoC, the world's first commercially available 3 nm smartphone SoC, has only shown marginal improvements in performance compared to its predecessor, with a 10% increase in single-core performance and 5% increase in multi-core, suggesting that Apple may have had to reduce its performance due to certain issues with TSMC's N3E node.

9/20/2023

iPhone 15 Pro Models Run Hot and Throttle During Gaming Due to Insufficient Cooling

The iPhone 15 Pro Max experiences substantial thermal throttling and overheating during intensive tasks like gaming, potentially indicating insufficient thermal headroom or similarities between the A17 Pro and A16 Bionic chips.

9/25/2023

Leaked Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Benchmarks Show Strong GPU Lead Over Apple A17 Pro

The leaked benchmark scores suggest that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip will have impressive gaming performance and a strong CPU, potentially surpassing Apple's A17 Pro in these areas.

9/25/2023

iPhone 16 Models to Get New A17 Chip on Cheaper Manufacturing Process

Apple plans to use a lower-cost manufacturing process, known as the N3E process, for the A17 chip in the standard iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus models in 2024, marking the first time Apple will design a chip specifically for its standard iPhone models.

9/27/2023

iPhone 16 Models to Feature New A18 and A18 Pro Chips Made by TSMC

All four models of the iPhone 16 are expected to be equipped with A18-branded chips, marking a significant jump from the A16 chip used in the current iPhone 15 models, according to analyst Jeff Pu, who covers companies within Apple's supply chain.

10/5/2023

Samsung's Exynos 2400 Chip Lags Behind Apple A17 Pro for Next-Gen Phones

Samsung's upcoming Exynos 2400 chipset is predicted to be significantly less powerful than Apple's A17 Pro chipset, as well as Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, highlighting Samsung's ongoing struggle to match the performance of its competitors.

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Posted 9/12/2023, 6:21:13 PM

Apple Unveils Powerful New A17 Pro Chip for iPhone 15 Pro

Apple unveils A17 Pro, a 3nm chip powering iPhone 15 Pro
A17 Pro is Apple's most powerful mobile silicon with 17B transistors
6-core CPU 10% faster than A16, 4 efficiency cores better performance/watt
6-core GPU 20% faster than A16, has hardware accelerated ray tracing
A17 Pro good for game developers - Resident Evil and The Division coming
Why is it called A17 Pro? Could see stripped down A17 in iPhone 16
Pro name gives Apple leeway for slower A17 chip that's still faster than A16

engadget.com

Relevant topic timeline:

9/12/2023

Apple Unveils iPhone 15 Pro Models with Titanium Design, Major Camera Upgrades, Satellite SOS, and More

9/12/2023

Apple brings full console games to iPhone 15 Pro with A17 chip and ray tracing

9/14/2023

iPhone 15 Pro Models Outpace iPhone 14 Pro in Benchmarks with Faster A17 Chip and More RAM

9/14/2023

Apple's New A17 Pro Chip Shows Only Modest Gains Over A16 in Early Benchmarks

9/20/2023

iPhone 15 Pro Models Run Hot and Throttle During Gaming Due to Insufficient Cooling

9/25/2023

Leaked Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Benchmarks Show Strong GPU Lead Over Apple A17 Pro

The leaked benchmark scores suggest that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip will have impressive gaming performance and a strong CPU, potentially surpassing Apple's A17 Pro in these areas.

9/25/2023

iPhone 16 Models to Get New A17 Chip on Cheaper Manufacturing Process

9/27/2023

iPhone 16 Models to Feature New A18 and A18 Pro Chips Made by TSMC

10/5/2023

Samsung's Exynos 2400 Chip Lags Behind Apple A17 Pro for Next-Gen Phones