Apple A17 Pro vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
3780 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
6
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
19
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TDP
8 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
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GPU frequency
1398 MHz
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Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Sep 2023
Oct 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
2,953
4,175
Geekbench 6
7,441
15,577
FP32 (float)
2,147
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