Apple A17
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | September 12, 2023 |
| Designed by | Apple Inc. |
| Common manufacturer | |
| Product code | APL1V02 |
| Max. CPU clock rate | to 3.78 GHz[2] |
| Cache | |
| L1 cache | 320 KB per P-core (192 KB instruction + 128 data) 224 K per E-core (128 KB instruction + 96 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) |
| Technology node | 3 nm (TSMC N3) |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A[3] |
| Physical specifications | |
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| GPU | Apple-designed 6-core GPU[4] |
| Products, models, variants | |
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| History | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 |
The Apple A17 Pro is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, 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]
Design
[edit]The Apple A17 Pro features an Apple-designed 64-bit ARMv8.6-A 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 N3 process.[6]
Products that include the Apple A17 Pro
[edit]Comparison of A15, A16 and A17
[edit]| Variant | CPU cores (P+E) |
GPU | Neural Engine | Memory | Process | Transistor count |
Used in | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | EUs | ALUs | Cores | Performance | ||||||
| A15 Bionic |
5 (2+3) | 5 | 80 | 640 | 16 | 15.8 TOPS | 4 GB LPDDR4X | TSMC N5P |
15 billion | Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) |
| 6 (2+4) | 4 | 64 | 512 | iPhone 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 80 | 640 | 4–6 GB LPDDR4X | iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14, iPad mini 6 | ||||||
| A16 Bionic |
17 TOPS | 6 GB LPDDR5 | TSMC N4P |
16 billion | iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 | |||||
| A17 Pro |
6 | 96 | 768 | 35 TOPS | 8 GB LPDDR5 | TSMC N3 |
19 billion | iPhone 15 Pro | ||
In popular culture
[edit]In the 2022 film M3GAN, the titular artificially intelligent humanoid robot character features an A17 Bionic Fusion Chip.[11]
See also
[edit]- Apple silicon, range of ARM-based processors designed by Apple for their products
- Comparison of ARM processors#ARMv8-A
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Apple A17 Pro chipset appears on Geekbench, performance cores clocked at 3.78GHz". GSMArena. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "llvm-project/llvm/include/llvm/TargetParser/AArch64TargetParser.h at main · llvm/llvm-project". GitHub. November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Lardinois, Frederic (September 12, 2023). "Apple launches the A17 Pro chip with a completely redesigned GPU". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Bonshor, Gavin; Smith, Ryan. "The Apple 2023 Fall iPhone Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am PT/17:00 UTC)". AnandTech. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Apple A17 Pro performance review: How fast is Apple's new 3nm chip?". Hardware Zone. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ Michael, Potuck (September 15, 2023). "A17 Pro vs A16 Bionic: How speed, efficiency, capability compares". 9to5Mac. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "Charge and connect with the USB-C connector on your iPhone 15 - Apple Support". September 13, 2023.
- ^ "M3gan (2022)". Amazon.
