Apple A17

The Apple A17 Pro is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC.[4] It is used in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models only.[3][5]

Apple A17 Pro
General information
LaunchedSeptember 12, 2023
Designed byApple Inc.
Common manufacturer(s)
Product codeAPL1V02
Max. CPU clock rateto 3.78 GHz[2] 
Cache
L2 cache16 MB (performance cores)
4 MB (efficiency cores)
L4 cache24 MB (system level cache)
Architecture and classification
ApplicationMobile
Technology node3 nm (N3B)
Instruction setAArch64
Physical specifications
Transistors
  • 19 billion
Cores
  • 6 (4 efficiency, 2 performance)[3]
GPU(s)Apple-designed 6-core GPU[3]
History
Predecessor(s)Apple A16

Design

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.[5]

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 10Gbps / 1.25GBps).[6] 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.[5]

Products that include the Apple A17 Pro

See also

References
  1. Friedman, Alan (12 September 2023). "Apple introduces the first 3nm smartphone chipset, the A17 PRO, for the iPhone 15 Pro models". PhoneArena. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. "Apple A17 Pro chipset appears on Geekbench, performance cores clocked at 3.78GHz". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. Lardinois, Frederic (12 September 2023). "Apple launches the A17 Pro chip with a completely redesigned GPU". TechCrunch. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. "Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max" (Press release). Cupertino, California: Apple Inc. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original on 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  5. Bonshor, Ryan Smith, Gavin. "The Apple 2023 Fall iPhone Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am PT/17:00 UTC)". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Charge and connect with the USB-C connector on your iPhone 15 - Apple Support". September 13, 2023.
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