SoC deep-dive
Apple A17 Pro
Ultra-flagshipApple · 2023 · 3 nm (N3B)
SpecEagle verdict
First mobile chip with hardware ray tracing — used on iPhone 15 Pro. Thermal throttling in heavy 3D was its weakness; Apple's switch to N3E for A18 Pro fixed most of it.
CPU
6 cores (2 × 3.78 GHz P + 4 × 2.11 GHz E)
GPU
Apple 6-core, hardware RT (first)
Process
3 nm (N3B), 2023