What grade does A17Pro belong to?

In recent years, with the fierce competition in the smartphone market, consumer demand for various new smartphones has become increasingly diverse.Among them, chips have always been the focus of everyone's attention. Recently, the iPhone 15 Pro series has brought everyone the new Apple A17 Pro chip.So, what grade does A17Pro belong to?

What grade does A17Pro belong to?What level of processor is Apple A17Pro?

Belongs to flagship level

The Apple A17 Pro chip uses TSMC's 3nm process technology, which is also the most advanced process. It is currently monopolized by Apple. The number of transistors is as high as 19 billion. It uses a 6-core CPU, including 2*3.78Ghz high-performance core + 4*2.02 low-powerIt consumes cores, and also has an architectural design of 6-core GPU + 16-core NPU, which supports AV1 decoding and USB3, and the transmission speed can reach 10Gbps.The CPU includes 2 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores, while the GPU has one more GPU core than the A16, with peak performance increased by 20%, ray tracing performance up to 4 times, and finally NPU performance increased by 2 times.

Generally speaking, although the power consumption of A17 Pro is relatively high, it is still very outstanding in terms of performance and is currently the top flagship chip.For most users, the iPhone 15 Pro series equipped with the A17 Pro chip is definitely one of the most worth buying phones currently.