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iPhone flagship SoC with leading single-core and on-device AI
Pros
- Leading single-core performance
- Very power efficient (~12W)
- Strong on-device AI
- Tight iOS integration
Cons
- Apple devices only
- TOPS not published
- Multi-core trails Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- No external sales
✓ Where it shines / best for
- Flagship iPhone users wanting top on-device AI performance
- Mobile gaming with ray tracing
- On-device Apple Intelligence and generative features
✕ Not the best fit for
- Desktop/laptop workloads (phone SoC)
- Anyone needing standalone purchase or non-Apple platforms
Features
- ✓ 6-core CPU (2 performance cores up to 4.26 GHz + 4 efficiency cores)
- ✓ 6-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator built into each core (~4x peak GPU AI compute vs A18 Pro)
- ✓ 16-core Neural Engine for Apple Intelligence
- ✓ 12GB LPDDR5X memory (9600 MT/s), up to 76.8 GB/s bandwidth
- ✓ TSMC third-generation 3nm (N3P) process
- ✓ Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- ✓ Vapor-chamber cooling for up to 40% better sustained performance
- ✓ Runs on-device Apple Intelligence and local LLMs
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embedded in iPhone 17 Pro | $1,099 | one-time | Not sold separately; powers iPhone 17 Pro (from $1,099) and iPhone 17 Pro Max (from $1,199), announced Sept 2025. |
Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.
Specifications
| use | On-device smartphone AI |
| power | ~12W peak |
| memory | LPDDR5X (device-dependent) |
| performance | 16-core Neural Engine |
| architecture | A19 Pro (TSMC N3P) |
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