Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
3780 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
6
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
19
2
TDP
8 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
6
6
Shading units
128
32
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
1.2
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Apple M9
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2023
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
285,954
Geekbench 6
2,953
623
Geekbench 6
7,441
957
FP32 (float)
2,147
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.