A19 vs. A19 Pro: iPhone 17 Chip Differences

[Taq'aix]

Yeah, though it’s a very mature product segment at this point so I’m not sure what else they could be doing.

I went from the 13PM to the 16PM and the only thing kinda noticeable was that the 16PM was a little lighter and had a slightly marginally better screen.

I’m kinda getting the usual FOMO about the 17PM but I know once I get it, it’ll just be the same iPhone running the same iOS with a bigger camera bump and weirder colors.

It kinda depends on your use case, I suppose. If you use the front camera a lot, then the 17 Pro is definitely worth it. The battery capacity improvement is insane (especially if you’re like me coming from a 14 Pro). I also love the Bluetooth 6.0 as I use my APP all day long. Also 12 GB of RAM. New cooling system.

But yeah, at the end of the day, it’s just another iPhone.

 

[DaniTheFox]

Keeping your regular iPhone in a glass of water at night next to your teeth will achieve the same result as the vapour chamber

Better put it in the fridge.

 

[iBluetooth]

It's interesting that the 16 series didn't have something like this despite them saying it was built for Apple Intelligence.

It takes about 4 years to design a CPU, test and until in customers hands!

 

[Howard2k]

This article does a very poor job of actually highlighting the differences.

What is the difference between the A19 6/5 and the A19 Pro 6/5.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

What I'd like to know is how the A19 Pro in the Air is any different than the base A19. Based on core count alone, they're identical. Meanwhile, the A19 Pro in the Pro phone picks up an extra GPU core.

Does Pro just mean more memory, then?

 

[andrewxgx]

i'm guessing the A19 is just binned down variant of A19 Pro, but until teardowns actually compare chip sizes theres no way to know for sure

 

[Froilan]

Apple introduced A19 and A19 Pro chips for the iPhone 17 lineup, with a total of three chip variants. The iPhone 17 uses the regular A19 chip, while the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro models have the A19 Pro. All of the chips are built on a more advanced 3-nanometer process.

The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max have a higher-end A19 Pro chip with a 6-core GPU, and the iPhone Air has an A19 Pro chip with one less GPU core. Here are all the differences, according to Apple:

• A19 - 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU
  
• A19 Pro (iPhone Air) - 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU
  
• A19 Pro (iPhone 17 Pro) - 6-core CPU, 6-core GPU

All of the A19 chips have "Neural Accelerators" for each GPU core that boost daily workflows and the performance of local AI models, such as on-device Siri. There's also an updated 16-core Neural Engine, an updated display engine, and an updated image signal processor.

Apple says that the A19 Pro chip has the fastest CPU in any smartphone and the most advanced GPU yet. The CPU includes 50 percent larger last-level cache size, improved front-end bandwidth and improved branch prediction. The GPU features increased math rates, unified image compression, and second-generation dynamic caching. The Neural Accelerators offer 4x the peak compute of the A18 Pro.

The iPhone 17 Pro models have an updated thermal architecture that uses vapor chamber cooling, further enhancing the performance of the A19 Pro chip. With the new chip and the updated thermal design, the CPU and GPU in the A19 Pro deliver 40 percent better sustained performance than the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 models.

Apple also included 12GB RAM in the iPhone Air and the iPhone 17 Pro models, while the iPhone 17 has 8GB.

Article Link: A19 vs. A19 Pro: iPhone 17 Chip Differences

Will the iPad 12th gen use the A18 or A19 chip, and when will it be released?

 

[Tempor_aka]

Your layman's explanation means more to me than all that awe inspiring marketting jargon lol

But he forgot the most importing thing, more cache and better branch prediction, also more powerful media encoders for support Pro res encoding … and for the Pro an extra GPU core or in layman’s terms 20% more GPU power 😉