According to 𝕏 leaker Unknownz21 (@URedditor), Apple’s upcoming A17 chip that is set to be used in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models includes a 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU. As for the RAM onboard, Unknownz21 says “I’ve only seen 6GB so far; 8GB seems unlikely (but maybe not impossible).”
Apple A17 – t8130 – Coll
6 CPU Cores + 6 GPU Cores
3.70 GHz
6GB LPDDR5 DRAM – Micron/Samsung
TSMC 3nm ProcessLPDDR = Low Power Double Data Rate SDRAM
The A17 is used by both the D83 and D84, also likely planned for D47 and D48 (16 series), as the D9x will use t8140 (A18).
— Unknownz21 🌈 (@URedditor) August 9, 2023
The current A16 chip has a 6-core CPU and a 5-core GPU, so the A17 will bring notable GPU improvements to the new higher-end iPhone models.
MacDailyNews Take: It’s also a 5nm (N4P) SoC. 3nm is a major leap.
The A17 chip will feature a 3.70GHz maximum clock rate, up from 3.46GHz in the A16 chip.
Because 3nm technology is new, the A17 chip is expensive to manufacture, which means it will only be available in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The standard iPhone 15 models will adopt the A16 chip, which is currently limited to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhones in September, and current signs suggest the iPhone event will be held on Tuesday, September 12.
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Can’t wait to get my hands on that extra GPU – will definitely cause a notable improvement in my Sudoku game play and surfing amazon.com.
For many years, Apple was criticized for using chips that were slower than competing products. Now that Apple has significantly superior performance with which rival products cannot compete, you get inane comments from stupid fux like Thomas Wolf.
A16 bionic vs A17 bionic
– 3.46Hz to 3.68GHz = 6% raw clock speed increase
– 18 million transistors to 22 million transistors = 19% increase
– 5 GPU cores to 6 GPU cores = 17% graphics increase
Now, the big question for me, yet to be answered, is around mid-summer in 2022, it was being said Apple had developed a newer, advanced graphics core, which was to be implemented in the A16 bionic. Alas, the heat models failed, and in reality, the new advanced GPU cores consumed more power and created much more heat than the models indicated. Thus, Apple had to scrap these new state-of-the-art graphics cores and carry on with the A15 bionic and earlier design.
However, it is now the A17 bionic. Does ANYONE know if Apple took the last year+ and figured out those heat issues, and the newer, advanced, graphic cores are rolling out in the A17 bionic?
With the smaller 3nm process, I am hopeful that solved a lot of issues, including some efficiency losses and with some tweaking Apple is going to show off these new graphics and how much of a powerhouse they are with SWIFT development and beyond.
The graphics in the A17 might be the killer play with this processor series and beyond.