Apple M2 iPad vs Apple A17 Pro

SOC · Specs Compare

Products
SOC Apple M2 iPad Apple
SOC Apple A17 Pro Apple
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3490 MHz
3780 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
192 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
20
19
TDP
15 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Apple A17 GPU
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
8
6
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2796 x 1290
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max camera resolution
—
1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Jun 2022
Sep 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1109
APL1V02
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
1,544,984
Geekbench 6
2,623
2,953
Geekbench 6
9,803
7,441
FP32 (float)
2,918
2,147
▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.