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Apple A17

Apple A17

System on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.

The Apple A17 Pro is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC.[5] It is used in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models only[2][6] and is the first widely available SoC to be built on a 3 nm process.[7][8]

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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.[6] The amount of RAM has increased from 6 GB to 8 GB.[9]

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 10 Gb/s).[10] 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.[6]

Products that include the Apple A17 Pro

Comparison of A15, A16 and A17

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References

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    Friedman, Alan (September 12, 2023). "Apple introduces the first 3nm smartphone chipset, the A17 PRO, for the iPhone 15 Pro models". PhoneArena. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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    "Apple A17 Pro chipset appears on Geekbench, performance cores clocked at 3.78GHz". GSMArena. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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    "llvm-project/llvm/include/llvm/TargetParser/AArch64TargetParser.h at main · llvm/llvm-project". GitHub. November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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    Lardinois, Frederic (September 12, 2023). "Apple launches the A17 Pro chip with a completely redesigned GPU". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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    "Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max". Apple (Press release). Cupertino, CA. September 12, 2023. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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    Bonshor, Gavin; Smith, Ryan. "The Apple 2023 Fall iPhone Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am PT/17:00 UTC)". AnandTech. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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    Hill, Brandon; Freedman, Andrew E. (September 12, 2023). "Apple's A17 Pro Is a 3nm Chip Powering iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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    "Apple A17 Pro performance review: How fast is Apple's new 3nm chip?". Hardware Zone. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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    Michael, Potuck (September 15, 2023). "A17 Pro vs A16 Bionic: How speed, efficiency, capability compares". 9to5Mac. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
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    "Charge and connect with the USB-C connector on your iPhone 15 - Apple Support". September 13, 2023.
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