Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A12X Bionic
We compared the phone version of 6 cores 3780MHz Apple A17 Pro vs. the tablet version 8 cores 2500MHz Apple A12X Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A17 Pro Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1472 TFLOPS vs 1.008 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3780MHz vs 2500MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
Lower TDP (8W vs 15W)
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Apple A17 Pro
+112%
2147
Apple A12X Bionic
1008
CPU
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
3780 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A
16 MB
L2 cache
8 MB
3 nm
Process
7 nm
19
Transistor count
10
8 W
TDP
15 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Apple 12X GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
6
Execution units
7
128
Shading units
64
8
Max size
4
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.008 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
Apple Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Snapdragon X70
Modem
Intel XMM 7560
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 350 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2023
Announced
Oct 2018
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1V02
Model number
APL1083
