Apple A17 Pro vs Apple M1 (iPad)

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Apple M1 (iPad). Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A17 Pro

1568389

M1 (iPad)

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

M1 (iPad)

2297

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

M1 (iPad)

8397

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	4x 3.2 GHz – Apple Icestorm
Number of cores	6	4
Instruction Set		ARMv8.5-A
Lithography	3 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million	16000 million
TDP	8 Watt	14 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Apple M1 GPU
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Apple GPU
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	1278 MHz
Execution units	6	8
Shaders	768	1024

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2732x2048
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS