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Apple’s upcoming 3nm A17 Bionic chip might function a 6-core CPU and a 6 GPU cores. For comparability, the iPhone 15 Professional’s A16 Bionic makes use of a 5-core GPU.
Based mostly on TSMC’s 3nm node, the A17 Bionic will seemingly ship with 6GB LPDDR5 RAM. The iPhone 14 Professional collection additionally ships with the identical 6GB RAM.
iPhone 15 Professional might sport the identical quantity of RAM as iPhone 14 Professional
Leaker @URedditor, who has beforehand shared some correct Apple-related leaks, offered extra particulars concerning the firm’s subsequent A-series chip. Whereas the A17 Bionic will apparently have the identical variety of CPU cores because the A16 Bionic, Apple will bump its clock velocity. Codenamed Coll (t8130), the leaker claims the high-performance A17 cores will run at 3.7GHz. That’s a notable soar from the A16’s 3.46GHz clock velocity.
Coupled with different architectural enhancements, the A17 Bionic ought to ship a 15-20% soar in CPU efficiency. Whereas there’s no point out of the GPU’s clock velocity within the leak, the extra core will assist with efficiency. And paired with TSMC’s 3nm node, the A17 Bionic ought to ship a efficiency increase with out consuming extra energy.
Sadly, it doesn’t seem that Apple will bump the RAM on the iPhone 15 Professional collection. These telephones will ship with 6GB RAM, the identical because the iPhone 14 Professional. As per the supply of the leak, “8GB appears unlikely (however perhaps not inconceivable.”)
A17 Bionic is completely for Apple’s 2023 Professional iPhones
As with the iPhone 14 collection, Apple will maintain its newest Bionic chip reserved for the Professional fashions. The common iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will use final yr’s A16 Bionic as an alternative. Equally, the leaker claims the 2024 iPhone 16 fashions will use the A17 Bionic. The Professional fashions will use the A18 Bionic, referred internally because the t8140.
Final yr’s A16 Bionic introduced modest enhancements. Based mostly on the rumors, the iPhone 15 Professional’s A15 Bionic ought to provide a greater efficiency soar. Extra importantly, it seems Apple will give attention to effectivity this yr, which ought to bode effectively for battery life.
