It’s one thing to surpass a predecessor or competitor, but quite another when a new mobile processor outperforms a high-powered desktop solution. As spotted by Tom’s Hardware, the new iPhone 17 processor is a beast hiding in an unassuming cell chassis. The A19 Pro is not sheepish by any means, and despite having the same number of cores as its predecessor, a slight bump in clock speed is all that was needed for it to stride past in style.
| A19 Pro | A18 Pro | Snapdragon 8 Elite | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Ryzen 9 9950X | Core i9-14900KS | |
| General specifications | 2P+4E, up to 4.26 GHz | 2P+4E, up to 4.0 GHz | 2P+6E, up to 4.47 GHz | 5P+3E, up to 3.01 GHz | 16P/32T, 4.30 GHz – 5.75 GHz | 8P+16E/32T, 3.20 GHz – 6.0 GHz |
| Single-Thread | 3895 | 3505 | 2862 | 1959 | 3482 | 3362 |
| Multi-Thread | 9746 | 8658 | 9481 | 4989 | 23584 | 23445 |
Single-Threaded Benchmark Percentage Breakdown
- 11% faster than Apple A18 Pro
- 36% faster than Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 11.8% faster than AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- 15.8% faster than Intel Core i9-14900KS
When it comes to multi-threaded scores, the A19 still shows significant gains over the A18 Pro but only has a slight lead over the Snapdragon 8 Elite. As expected, it also still falls drastically short of the aforementioned AMD and Intel processors, which have far more cores, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Multi-Threaded Benchmark Percentage Breakdown
- 12.5% faster than Apple A18 Pro
- 2.7% faster than Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 41.9% slower than AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- 40.5% slower than Intel Core i9-14900KS
No matter how you look at it, the A19 Pro is a step in the right direction, and it demonstrates a consistent effort among processor manufacturers to advance their mobile offerings. Apple’s transition to its own ARM-based silicon continues to move forward and will no doubt be something that NVIDIA keeps an eye on as it prepares the rumored N1X for release. The NVIDIA N1X is being co-developed with MediaTek as an ARM-based processor designed for mobile and desktop use, and with up to 20 cores, it is also looking a bit beastly.