Apple A17 Pro (iPad) vs Apple A16 (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3.77GHz	5 Cores(2P+3E) 5 Threads(2P+3E) 3.44GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 5-Core A17 Pro	iGPU 4-Core A16
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A17 Pro (iPad)2,840

x1.10

A16 (iPad)2,586

x1

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	5 Cores 2P 3E
6 Threads 2P 4E	5 Threads 2P 3E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.77GHz	Base Clock 3.44GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 24MB	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 5-Core A17 Pro	iGPU 4-Core A16
Shaders 640	Shaders 512
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H16 Laso	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 2.16GHz	NPU Clock 2.06GHz
Performance 35 TOPSINT8	Performance 17 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 12ARMv8.6-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Coll A17 ProVariant AS13PP-Core AS13EE-Core	Codename Crete A16Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 15, 2024	Release Date Mar 4, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 104mm²	Die Size 115mm²
Transistor Count 19 Billion	Transistor Count 16 Billion
Transistor Density 183 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Tablets iPad mini 7(A17 Pro, Late 2024)

Tablets iPad 11(A16, Early 2025)

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