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The iPhone 15 series was announced a couple of days ago. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models are fueled by the Apple A17 Pro SoC, and that chip just surfaced on Geekbench.
iPhone 15 Pro’s Apple A17 Pro SoC popped up on Geekbench
Several different results appeared, but they’re quite close one to the other. In one instance, the chip managed to score 2,908 points in the single-core, and 7,238 points in the multi-core test on Geekbench.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max, with the Apple A16 Bionic, reaches 2,641 points in the single-core, and 6,989 points in the multi-core test. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 prototype scored 2,233 points in the single-core test, and 6,661 points in the multi-core test. Though that’s just a prototype, so keep that in mind.
For comparison’s sake, the RedMagic 8S Pro, one of the most powerful Android smartphones spec-wise, was able to score around 2,100 points in a single-core test, and around 5,600 points in the multi-core test. That phone is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Apple’s new chip is a 3nm processor
Granted, the Apple A17 Pro is a 3nm processor, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a 4nm processor. The better comparison will be between the Apple A17 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 which is expected to launch later this year.
In any case, this Apple A17 Pro listing confirms that it’s an immensely powerful processor, there’s no doubt about it. We still have to see how it actually performs day-to-day, but this does look promising.
Let’s just hope that it offers noticeably better power consumption, and that Apple included larger batteries in its iPhones this time around. This listing also confirms that both iPhone 15 Pro models come with 8GB of RAM. We already kind of knew that, but this is just another confirmation.
Apple A17 Pro:
Apple A16 Bionic:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (prototype):
