Apple A17 Pro

General information
Launched	September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer	TSMC[1]
Product code	APL1V02
Max.CPUclock rate	to 3.78 GHz[2]
Cache
L1cache	320 KB per P-core (192 KB instruction + 128 KB data) 224 KB per E-core (128 KB instruction + 96 KB data)
L2 cache	16 MB (performance cores) 4 MB (efficiency cores)
Last level cache	24 MB (system level cache)
Architecture and classification
Application	Mobile (iPhone 15 Pro,iPad Mini (7th generation))
Technology node	3 nm (TSMC N3)
Instruction set	ARMv8.6-A[3]
Physical specifications
Transistors	19 billion
Cores	6 cores (4 efficiency + 2 performance)[4]
Memory (RAM)	8 GBLPDDR5
GPU	Apple-designed 5- or 6- core GPU
Products, models, variants
Variant	Apple M3
History
Predecessor	Apple A16 Bionic
Successors	Apple A18 Pro (iPhone 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max)

TheApple A17 Pro is a64-bitARM-basedsystem on a chip (SoC) designed byApple Inc., part of theApple silicon series, and manufactured byTSMC.^[5] It is used in theiPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, andiPad Mini (7th generation)^[6] models^[2][7] and is the first widely availableSoC to be built on a3 nm process.^[8] This chip does not have a non-Pro variant, as Apple moved to theTSMC N3E manufacturing node technology and announced theA18 Series on September 9, 2024 through February 19, 2025, with theA18 and theA18 Pro respectively replacing theA15 Bionic (exclusively on the entry-level iPhone models with 4-core GPU),A16 Bionic (exclusively on the standard iPhone models with 5-core GPU) and the A17 Pro (exclusively on the premium iPhone models with 6-core GPU) on the newiPhone 16 lineup.^[9]

The Apple A17 Pro features an Apple-designed 64-bitARMv8.6-A six-coreCPU 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, also claiming that the new efficiency cores are faster and 3x more efficient than the competition.^[7] The amount of RAM has increased from 6 GB to 8 GB.^[10]

The A17 Pro integrates a new Apple-designed six-coreGPU, which Apple claims is 20% faster and their biggest redesign in the history of Apple GPUs, with added hardware acceleratedray 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 forAV1 decoding andUSB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s).^[11] The A17 Pro contains 19 billiontransistors, a 19% increase from theA16'stransistor count of 16 billion, and is fabricated byTSMC on their3 nm N3 process.^[7]

The A17 Pro is the first SoC used in Apple devices to support hardwaredecoding ofAV1 video.^[12]

The A17 Pro'sNPU delivers 35 TOPS (35 trillion operations per second), which has remained unchanged in theApple A18. This is approximately 58 times more powerful than the NPU in theA11, which could handle 600 billion operations per second. The A11, introduced in 2017, was the first Apple chip to feature a Neural Engine.^[13]

• iPhone 15 Pro & 15 Pro Max – 6-core CPU and 6-core GPU
• iPad Mini (7th generation) – 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU

• Apple silicon, range of ARM-based processors designed by Apple for their products
• Comparison of ARM processors#ARMv8-A

• Computer-related introductions in 2023
• Apple silicon

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