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Apple A17 Pro
Overview - A17 Pro Vs Dimensity 6080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A17 Pro vs Dimensity 6080 SoCs by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-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
A17 Pro 94
Dimensity 6080 27
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A17 Pro 97
Dimensity 6080 17
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A17 Pro 89
Dimensity 6080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A17 Pro 93
Dimensity 6080 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A17 Pro Dimensity 6080
CPU 399992 135946
GPU 620081 69519
Memory 265579 103763
UX 346005 121897
Total score 1631657 431125
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 57.50% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6080 (3780 vs 2400 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 47.16% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 6080 (1398 vs 950 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6080 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6080 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 278.46% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6080 (1,632 K vs 431 K).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6080.
  • A17 Pro Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6080 (51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A17 Pro 2999
Dimensity 6080 778

Multi-Core Score

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A17 Pro 7779
Dimensity 6080 2075

3DMark

Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
  • L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 2 MB
  • Process 3 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count 19 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A17 GPU Mali-G57 MC2
  • Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 1st gen
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units 128 64
  • FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A17 Pro

CPU
94%
GPU
97%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

MediaTek Dimensity 6080

CPU
27%
GPU
17%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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