iPhone 17 Pro Benchmark: A19 Pro Chip Outpaces A18 Pro by 13%
On September 9, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro series, which not only feature design optimizations but also a significant performance upgrade. The highlight is undoubtedly the new A19 Pro chip, which has been benchmarked on Geekbench and shows remarkable performance improvements.
The A19 Pro chip, which powers both the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone Air, has reportedly matched the CPU performance of the M4 MacBook Pro. According to the Geekbench scores shared by user Jukanlosreve on X, the chip, identified by the model number “iPhone18,2” (corresponding to the iPhone 17 Pro), achieved a single-core score of 3,895 and a multi-core score of 9,746. This places it among the top-performing smartphones currently available.
For comparison, the A18 Pro chip in the iPhone 16 Pro had an average single-core score of 3,447 and a multi-core score of 8,576. The A19 Pro chip shows a 13% increase in single-core performance and a 14% increase in multi-core performance over its predecessor.
While the single-core performance of the A19 Pro chip is on par with the M4 chip in the MacBook Pro (which scores around 3,829 in single-core tests), the MacBook Pro’s multi-core score exceeds 14,000, demonstrating a 45% lead over the iPhone 17 Pro. This discrepancy is attributed to the M4 chip’s higher core count and better thermal management in the MacBook Pro.
In addition to the performance boost, the iPhone 17 Pro introduces a vapor chamber cooling system in the iPhone series. This innovation allows the A19 Pro chip to maintain high performance for extended periods, significantly reducing performance throttling during gaming or other high-load tasks. This means that the impressive benchmark scores are likely to be sustained in real-world usage scenarios.
