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55

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Apple A14 Bionic

A14 Bionic

83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro
Overview - A14 Bionic Vs A17 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A14 Bionic vs A17 Pro SoCs by Apple. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A14 Bionic 42
A17 Pro 78
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A14 Bionic 41
A17 Pro 82
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A14 Bionic 82
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A14 Bionic 55
A17 Pro 83
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A14 Bionic A17 Pro
CPU 203493 399992
GPU 284242 620081
Memory 131989 265579
UX 131211 346005
Total score 750935 1631657
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 21.94% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3780 vs 3100 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 40% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (3 vs 5 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 117.28% better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1,632 K vs 751 K ).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.
  • A17 Pro Support 50.15% higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic (51.2 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A14 Bionic 1611
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

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A14 Bionic 4209
A17 Pro 7779

Image compression

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A14 Bionic 171.5
A17 Pro

Face detection

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A14 Bionic 33.6
A17 Pro

Speech recognition

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A14 Bionic 94.8
A17 Pro

Machine learning

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A14 Bionic 93.1
A17 Pro

Camera shooting

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A14 Bionic 38.7
A17 Pro

HTML 5

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A14 Bionic 4.5
A17 Pro

SQLite

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A14 Bionic 1060
A17 Pro

3DMark

43%
A14 Bionic
Stability 77%

Graphics test 50 FPS
51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ (2.7K) @ 60Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
    4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
     2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 6 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
  • L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 11.8 Billion 19 Billion
  • TDP 6 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A14 GPU Apple A17 GPU
  • Architecture - Apple GPU
  • GPU frequency - 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 4 6
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS 998 Gigaflops 2147.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 6 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Neural Engine
  • Storage type NVMe NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048
  • Max camera resolution
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A14 Bionic

Apple A14 Bionic
CPU
42%
GPU
41%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A14 Bionic and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 21.94% higher clock speed (3780 MHz vs 3100 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A14 Bionic and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A14 Bionic and A17 Pro?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A17 Pro with a 40% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A14 Bionic and A17 Pro?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A17 Pro with a 117.28% better score (1631657 vs 750935).