AppleS New A19 Pro Chip Powers iPhone Air,Early Benchmarks Show Strong CPU Gains
Apple has launched its iPhone 17 series,featuring the new in-house Apple A19 Pro chip across the iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air. The standard iPhone 17 utilizes a non-Pro version of the A19 Pro. Initial benchmarks focus on the iPhone Air’s performance with the new chip.
The A19 Pro in the iPhone Air features a 5-core GPU, a reduction from the 6-core GPU found in the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max models, mirroring the configuration of last year’s standard iPhone 17. This results in slightly lower GPU performance.
CPU performance, however, shows a significant enhancement, with the A19 Pro outpacing the A18 Pro by 15% in multi-core tests. Single-core gains are less pronounced.
Compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite powering Samsung devices, the A19 Pro appears to trail in multi-core performance but leads in single-core performance by approximately 20% (based on Geekbench 6 results, as AnTuTu and 3DMark scores are not directly comparable across platforms).
GPU performance is mixed. The A19 Pro in the iPhone Air slightly exceeded the A18 Pro in the Solar Bay test but fell behind in the Wild Life GPU test, even underperforming the A18 non-Pro found in the iPhone 16 Plus.
The A19 Pro incorporates built-in Neural Accelerators within each GPU core, enhancing on-device AI processing capabilities and reducing reliance on Apple’s remote AI servers for increased efficiency and speed.
Full testing is ongoing to determine the A19 Pro’s overall efficiency, and reviewers are evaluating the iPhone Air’s ability to handle sustained high workloads given its slim design.A comprehensive review will provide further insights.
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The A19 Pro also brings improvements in the AI number crunching and efficiency. The new SoC’s GPU has built-in Neural Accelerators in each GPU core, enabling more on-device AI computations. This limits the number of requests to Apple’s dedicated AI servers, making the whole process more efficient and faster.
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It’s to early to tell how efficient the new SoC is, though, as we will have to run the complete set of tests. Moreover, we are eager to see how the iPhone air handles sustained high workloads, since the thin body may pose an issue in this regard. Stay tuned for our review where we try to answer all those questions.
