The A17 Pro delivered some underwhelming single-core and multi-core scores against the A16 Bionic in an earlier benchmark, but in a fresh Metal GPU leak, Apple’s flagship SoC powering the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max manages to secure a better graphics score. According to the latest figures, the new silicon obtains a 20 percent performance lead against its predecessor, likely due to the additional GPU core.
The A17 Pro may have only performed better in the new benchmark leak thanks to the extra GPU core
The new Metal GPU leak has emerged on Geekbench 6, with the benchmark tested out on an iPhone16,2, securing 27,158 points. In comparison, The A16 Bionic, which is found in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max from last year and the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus from this year, is 20 percent slower, but it should be noted that it features a 5-core GPU instead of a 6-core one.
In fact, had the A17 Pro featured the same number of GPU cores, the performance result may have been as disappointing as the single-core and multi-core results. According to Vadim Yuryev’s findings, who runs the popular technology YouTube channel Max Tech, the A17 Pro manages a performance-per-core of 4,526 points, while the A16 Bionic manages to deliver 4,455 points. If you do the math, the improved results are definitely due to the extra GPU.
Overall, the graphics score secured by the A17 Pro matches the numbers published in Apple’s marketing material. However, one area where the A17 Pro manages to outperform its predecessor with a significantly higher margin is ray tracing. During Apple’s keynote, the company mentioned that its latest SoC supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing, making it four times faster than the A16 Bionic.
However, it should be pointed out that the A16 Bionic does not support hardware-accelerated ray tracing and only relies on software for this visual improvement, resulting in a massive frame drop when Apple showed off a performance demo. Despite being mass-produced on TSMC’s cutting-edge 3nm process, the A17 Pro should have performed better in both categories, which suggests that you cannot always rely on an improved manufacturing process to get an immediate performance uplift.
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