Apple has launched its new iPhones, featuring the Apple A19 and Apple A19 Pro chips. Since Apple started designing processors for itself, no other mobile processor has competed with Apple chips—neither MediaTek, nor Exynos, nor Snapdragon, nor Google’s Tensor series. However, when Snapdragon launched its flagship 8 Elite chip, it became the only powerful option available for flagship mobiles, alongside Google’s self-designed Tensor SoC for the Pixel series. But Tensor G4, the latest Tensor G5, and Snapdragon 8 Elite provide flagship performance for the Android platform. However, Apple knows that 6 cores are sufficient for their iOS ecosystem. From the beginning, Apple has not wanted to boast about big specs on paper; it has been focusing on practicality.
Apple has surprised everyone by developing the A19 Pro because this chip has easily outperformed the most powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite made for the Android platform. The surprising thing is that the Apple A19 Pro SoC is a six-core chip, while the Snapdragon 8 Elite is an octa-core chip. Yet, all of Apple’s processors have consistently stayed ahead and have been easily competing with other mobile chip makers.
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Apple A19 Pro CPU:
These new Apple SoCs are so powerful that they even rival desktop-grade CPUs in benchmarking. We are talking about Apple’s flagship A19 Pro chip. In terms of on-paper specifications, Apple has been designing SoCs with 6 cores, such as the A15 Bionic, A16 Bionic, A17 Pro, A18 Pro, and now the Apple A19 Pro. This Apple A19 Pro also features 4 efficiency cores and 2 performance cores.
The 2 performance cores are clocked at 4.38 GHz, while the 4 efficiency cores are clocked at 2.51 GHz. The manufacturing of the Apple A19 Pro SoC was done by TSMC using 3 nm lithography, and the highest clock speed of this chip’s performance cores is 4380 MHz. This new Apple SoC has outperformed the Snapdragon 8 Elite and Tensor G5 in terms of single-core performance. Additionally, the Apple A19 Pro SoC has beaten the desktop Ryzen 9 9950X in single-core performance in Geekbench benchmarking.
The Apple A19 Pro scored around 3895 in single-core benchmarking and 11051 in multi-core performance in Geekbench 6.
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Apple A19 Pro Geekbench 6 Score:
| Apple A19 Pro Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3895 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 11051 |
| AnTuTu 10 | 2184137 |
In Geekbench 6, the single-core performance score of Snapdragon 8 Elite is 2862, and the multi-core score is 9481.
In Geekbench 6, the single-core performance score of Tensor G5 is 2,287, and the multi-core score is 6,193.
Both of these processors have 8 cores, whereas the Apple A19 Pro is a six-core chip.
In Geekbench 6, the single-core performance score of the Ryzen 9 9950X is 3,386, and the multi-core score is 21,441.
Apple A19 Pro Chip Specifications:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Label Name | Apple |
| Platform | Smartphone Flagship |
| Launch Date | September 2025 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC |
| Model Name | A19 Pro |
| Architecture | 2x 4.38 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz |
| Cores | 6 |
| Technology | 3 nm |
| Frequency | 4380 MHz |
| Connectivity | 4G LTE Cat. 24, 5G, Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 7 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 4800 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x 16-bit |
| Neural Processor | Neural Engine |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Max Camera Support | 1x 48MP |
| Storage Type | NVMe |
| Video Capture | 4K at 120 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Video Playback | 4K at 120 FPS |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A |
Apple A19 Pro vs. A18 Pro SoC:
The new A19 Pro SoC is 11% to 12% more powerful than the old flagship Apple A18 Pro. The performance and efficiency of any processor depend on the fabrication process. The Apple A19 Pro (3nm Fabrication) has been manufactured by TSMC using the N3P fabrication process, which has further increased its efficiency compared to the old A18 Pro (4nm Fabrication). As a result, there has been a 4% increase in transistor density, leading to a 5-6% increase in performance and a 6%-10% reduction in power consumption.
Apple A19 Pro GPU:
Not only that, but this new Apple chip is also ahead in terms of graphics; this SoC features a powerful GPU. In the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, you get 6 GPU cores in the A19 Pro chip, while the iPhone Air also comes with the same A19 Pro chip but with 5 GPU cores. They are the same chip, but if there’s an issue with one of the cores during chip fabrication, the company disables that core and uses it as a downgraded variant. There’s nothing wrong with that.
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Apple A19 Pro new Neural Engine:
The unique feature of this chip is that each GPU core has neural accelerators with ray tracing.
The main characteristic of the graphics block of the A19 Pro is that each GPU core has a neural accelerator built into it. This hybrid design accelerates processes such as ray-tracing effects, intelligent filters, video super-resolution and denoising, and applying local generative models to images and videos. Naturally, hardware ray tracing is still available, providing improved lighting and shadows in compatible games as well as a more consistent frame rate.
Together with the CPU’s and GPU’s per-core neural units, the A19 Pro is equipped with a 16-core neural engine. From the assistant to intelligent photo/video editing, they work together to power Apple Intelligence on devices, resulting in faster reactions and less energy consumption for repetitive AI tasks.
And for any processor, the simple principle is cooling; the better the cooling you can provide, the better the processor will perform. In this new Apple 17 Pro, you get a vapor chamber, which is built into the aluminum unibody, so it performs exceptionally well. This vapor chamber works in such a way that it absorbs heat from the deionized water A19 Pro SoC and spreads it evenly throughout the phone’s chassis.
