Apple A17 Pro SoC single-core benchmark results are comparable to those of the AMD 7950X and Intel i9-13900K.
In a nutshell: Apple's new A17 Pro SoC is an undisputed mobile powerhouse. The processor is so potent that in Geekbench, its single-threaded performance is 10% faster than the top AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i9-13900K processors. Apple's offering, however, does have the drawback of a significantly lower frequency and, of course, cannot compete with desktop chips in terms of multi-core capability.
This week, Apple revealed the iPhone 15 Pro, a device running on the brand-new A17 Pro SoC. The first 3nm chip in the market has 19 billion transistors, a six-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores, and a 16-core neural network. engine with a 35 trillion operation per second processing capacity.
According to Tom's Hardware, the A17 Pro performs roughly 10% quicker on the single-core Geekbench 6 test than the A16 Bionic, which is what Apple claimed during their Wonderlust event. The single-core score of 2,914 for Apple's most recent CPU places it in the same league as many desktop processors and is only slightly below the Ryzen 9 7950X (3,172) and Core i9-13900K (3,223).
But these kinds of artificial benchmarks don't provide a complete picture. First off, the benchmark indicates that the A17 Pro's operating frequency of 3.75GHz is significantly lower than that of Ryzen's 5.80GHz and Raptor Lake's 6.0GHz. Additionally, it contrasts a mobile chip with a TDP of 7.5 to 8W PC CPUs having TDPs more than 100W.
The core count is the additional factor. With barely 3% more multi-core performance than the A16 Bionic thanks to the A17 Pro's six cores, it is possible that Apple only made little, if any, architectural improvements in its most recent SoC generation. The multi-core score of the A17 Pro is more than tripled by the Ryzen 9 7950X (16 cores) to 22,240, while the i9-13900K's 24-core (8 performance, 16 efficiency) score is even higher at 22,744.
When compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in Geekbench 6's single-core (2,050) and multi-core (5,405) evaluations, the A17 Pro obviously outperforms it.
Additionally, the A17 Pro has a six-core GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing, which is said to provide
On the A16 Bionic, ray tracing is up to four times faster than it is using software. It enables native play on the handset of PC/console games including Assassin's Creed Mirage, Death Stranding, and the Resident Evil 4 Remake.
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