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Apple A17 Pro
Apple's first 3nm chip brought hardware ray tracing and a USB 3 controller to the iPhone 15 Pro. Its 19-billion-transistor CPU stayed ahead of every 2024 Android rival in single-core, though early units ran warm until software tuning caught up.
Pros
- First 3nm chip in a smartphone
- Hardware ray tracing debut for Apple GPUs
- Class-leading single-core speed of its generation
- 35 TOPS Neural Engine doubles the A16's AI throughput
- Enabled USB 3 speeds on iPhone for the first time
Cons
- Ran warm in early iPhone 15 Pro firmware
- No integrated modem
- Multi-core trails 8-core Android flagships
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A17 Pro
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 3 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 8 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.6
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x3.78 GHz + 4x2.11 GHz
- Max clock
- 3.78 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (6-core)
AI
- NPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- AI performance
- 35 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5-6400
- Max bandwidth
- 51.2 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- External (Snapdragon X70)
Media
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 1,450,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,950
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,250
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 3,600
Quick answers
Is the Apple A17 Pro good in 2026?
The Apple A17 Pro earns an Inno Score of 61.6/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's first 3nm chip brought hardware ray tracing and a USB 3 controller to the iPhone 15 Pro. Its 19-billion-transistor CPU stayed ahead of every 2024 Android rival in single-core, though early units ran warm until software tuning caught up.
What are the key specs of the Apple A17 Pro?
Cores: 6 · Process: 3 nm · AnTuTu 10: 1,450,000 · GPU: Apple GPU (6-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A17 Pro?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 9300+, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, MediaTek Dimensity 9300 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
