Apple has already provided a comprehensive comparison of its A19 Pro holding a substantial lead over the company’s previous-generation chipsets in GPU performance, and the same improvements can be witnessed in the latest Metal benchmark when the 6-core graphics processor manages to obtain a 40 percent higher score than the A18 Pro GPU. Based on these results, Apple has also successfully managed to bring M2-level performance to its latest SoC, so let us check out these figures immediately.
The single-core and multi-core scores are less impressive, with Apple likely prioritizing power efficiency for the A19 Pro as opposed to raw performance
The latest benchmark results shared on Geekbench 6 reveal that the iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro achieves a Metal score of 45,657. YouTuber Vadim Yuryev was kind enough to compare the graphics performance of the A18 Pro, while also pitting Apple’s newest SoC against the M2, indicating that the company had finally crammed in a GPU that is capable of delivering notebook-class horsepower. The A18 Pro obtained a score of 32,673, making the A19 Pro 40 percent faster, while the M2 secured 45,862 points in the same benchmark.
Just a few moments ago, we reported on the A19 Pro’s single-core and multi-core scores, with the lead not as comprehensive on the CPU side, though the single-threaded results have outclassed Apple’s M4. This year is also the first that Apple has implemented a vapor chamber on both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, and paired with the aluminum chassis, we can look forward to some impressive sustained performance when running some graphically intensive workloads like playing AAA games.
Given that Apple’s CPU designs for its A-series of chipsets were already capable enough to tackle nearly any task, it makes sense to give the GPU some preference this year, though we can imagine that the company might have hit a technological barrier because TSMC’s second-generation and third-generation 3nm technologies have few improvements between them. Next year, when Apple is expected to transition to the 2nm technology for the A20 and A20 Pro, we believe the results will be significantly higher than what we are seeing today.
News Source: Geekbench 6
About the author: Omar Sohail is a reporter and analyst for Wccftech's mobile section, specializing in the technology and business of the mobile industry. His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.
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