Apple 14-Core M3 Pro vs Apple 5-Core A17 Pro Full Specs

Summary

1,792 Shaders 1.38GHz	640 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.95 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

14-Core M3 Pro4.95 TFLOPSFP16

x2.89

5-Core A17 Pro1.71 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 4.95 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 4.95 TFLOPS	FP32 1.71 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 77.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 154.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,792 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 112 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 56 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores 14 RT-Cores	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 224 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 4MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 192-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 3840x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Blower 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15S	Codename G16P
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Oct 15, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 219mm²	Die Size 104mm²
Transistor Count 37B	Transistor Count 19B
Transistor Density 169 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 183 MTr/mm²

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