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Apple A17 Pro

General information
Launched	September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer	TSMC
Product code	APL1V02
Max. CPU clock rate	to 3.78 GHz
Cache
L1 cache	320 KB per P-core (192 KB instruction + 128 KB data) 224 KB per E-core (128 KB instruction + 96 KB 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, iPad Mini (7th generation))
Technology node	3 nm (TSMC N3)
Instruction set	ARMv8.6-A
Physical specifications
Transistors	19 billion
Cores	6 cores (4 efficiency + 2 performance)
Memory (RAM)	8 GB LPDDR5
GPU	Apple-designed 5- or 6- core GPU
Products, models, variants
Variant	Apple M3
History
Predecessor	Apple A16 Bionic
Successors	Apple A18 Pro (iPhone 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max)

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. It is used in the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad Mini (7th generation) models and is the first widely available SoC to be built on a 3 nm process. This chip does not have a non-Pro variant, as Apple moved to the TSMC N3E manufacturing node technology and announced the A18 Series on September 9, 2024, with the A18 and the A18 Pro respectively replacing the A16 and the A17 Pro on the new iPhone 16 lineup.

Design

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. Apple claims the new high-performance cores are 10% faster due to its improved branch prediction, and wider decode & execution engines, also claiming that the new efficiency cores are faster and 3x more efficient than the competition. The amount of RAM has increased from 6 GB to 8 GB.

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 (up to 10 Gb/s). 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.

The A17 Pro is the first SoC used in Apple devices to support hardware decoding of AV1 video.

Products that include the Apple A17 Pro

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPad Mini (7th generation)

Comparison of A15, A16 and A17

See also

• Apple silicon, range of ARM-based processors designed by Apple for their products
• Comparison of ARM processors#ARMv8-A

References

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• Computer-related introductions in 2023
• Apple silicon