Not surprisingly, Apple will bring four new models this year: iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Among them, the first two are expected to be equipped with the same A16 chip as the iPhone 14 Pro, and the performance is already clear to everyone. The latter two are equipped with this year's latest A17 chip, which may also be the only 3nm chip on the mobile phone this year.
So how does the A17 chip perform? Through YouTuber-Max Tech's latest sharing of Apple A17 engineering machine Geekbench 6 running score data, you may be able to understand a thing or two.
According to the running score data released by Max Tech, the single-core running score of this engineering machine in Geekbench 6 is 3986 points, and the multi-core running score is 8841 points. This result is very scary in the current mobile phone camp, almost reaching the same performance as the desktop level MacBook.
For reference, the iPhone 14 Pro single-core and multi-core running scores included in Geekbench are 2504 and 6314 points, respectively. That is to say, if the news is true, compared with the A16 chip, the A17 chip on the iPhone 15 Pro will bring a single-core performance improvement of 59.2% and a multi-core performance improvement of 40%.
Combined with previous reports, TSMC's 3nm process will reduce power consumption by about 35% compared to 5nm chips. From the overall data, with the blessing of TSMC's 3nm, the A17 chip not only has a higher energy consumption ratio, but also achieves a leap in performance. After squeezing toothpaste for several years, Cook is finally willing to give up once, this time can be directly said to be the strongest king in the mobile phone performance industry!
In addition to performance, other configuration upgrades of the iPhone 15 Pro series are also quite large, such as 8GB memory, USB-C interface, titanium and so on.
In addition, Apple will also upgrade the lidar scanner (LiDAR) for the iPhone 15 Pro series, which may benefit augmented reality applications, night mode photos and camera autofocus.
The appearance will also be adjusted compared to the previous generation. The first is the front of the fuselage, which still adopts the "smart island" design, but the black border of the screen will be further narrowed, and a 2.5D micro-curved screen may be used. The second is the middle frame part, which uses a little curve at the connection with the back cover, so the feel will definitely be improved.
Finally, there is the back cover of the fuselage, the overall layout has not changed, but the camera module has become larger and more convex. Therefore, this generation of imaging systems should also be significantly upgraded.
Overall, the iPhone 15 Pro series finally did not squeeze toothpaste this time, and all aspects have brought relatively large upgrades, which is worth looking forward to.
So, are you expecting the iPhone 15 Pro?