In the ongoing back-and-forth between Qualcomm's Snapdragon silicon and Apple's A series chipsets, it's Apple's point to serve with the launch of the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. And based on the performance we've measured from the new chip powering those phones, Apple has aced the ball right back at its rival.
Apple's new Pro models feature an A19 Pro system-on-chip built on the latest 3nm process. With six CPU and six GPU cores, the A19 Pro figures to deliver some measure of performance improvements to the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. And now that we've had the chance to benchmark those phones for our iPhone 17 Pro reviews, we see just how much improvement there is — especially when compared to the Snapdragon 8 Elite silicon found in the latest Android flagships.
