A19 Pro vs A18 Pro
What one year of iPhone Pro chips changed
Overview
A19 Pro
Process: 3nm
Announced: Sep 2025
A18 Pro
Process: 3nm
Announced: Sep 2024
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v11
A19 Pro
23,81,751
A18 Pro
17,40,422
Geekbench 6 Single
A19 Pro
3,846
A18 Pro
3,490
Geekbench 6 Multi
A19 Pro
9,923
A18 Pro
8,606
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A19 Pro
5,933
A18 Pro
4,731
Scores from the iPhone 17 Pro (A19 Pro) and the iPhone 16 Pro Max (A18 Pro), run on retail units.
At A Glance | ||
| Specification | A19 Pro  | A18 Pro  |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Announced | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
| Process node | 3nmTSMC N3P | 3nmTSMC N3E |
| Found in | iPhone 17 ProiPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air | iPhone 16 ProiPhone 16 Pro Max, MacBook Neo |
Apple's Claimed Gains | ||
| Sustained performance | Up to +40%vs A18 Pro | Baseline |
| Peak GPU compute (Neural Accelerators) | Up to 4xvs A18 Pro | Baseline |
CPU | ||
| Layout | 2 performance + 4 efficiency | 2 performance + 4 efficiency |
| Cores | 2x performance core4x efficiency core | 2x performance core4x efficiency core |
| Peak clock | 4.26GHzEfficiency cores at 2.6GHz | 4.04GHz |
| L2 cache | 16MBPerformance cores; 6MB for efficiency cores | 16MBPerformance cores; 4MB for efficiency cores |
| L3 cache | NoneUses a 32MB system cache | NoneUses a 24MB system cache |
| System cache | 32MB | 24MB |
GPU and gaming | ||
| GPU | 6-core GPU5-core GPU in iPhone Air | 6-core GPU5-core GPU in MacBook Neo |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | HardwareUp to 2x faster than A17 Pro |
| Graphics APIs | Metal 4 | Metal 4 |
| GPU Neural Accelerators | In each GPU core | Not presentArrived with the A19 family |
AI and NPU | ||
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine | 16-core Neural Engine |
Memory and storage | ||
| Memory | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 9600MT/s8533MT/s in iPhone Air | 7500MT/s60GB/s on a 64-bit bus |
| Max RAM | 12GB | 8GB |
| Storage | NVMeApple storage controller, not UFS | NVMeApple storage controller, not UFS |
| Memory packaging | Package on packageMemory stacked on the SoC | Package on packageMemory stacked on the SoC |
Camera and ISP | ||
| ISP | Apple ISP | Apple ISPNew ISP, 2x the data throughput with the video encoder |
| Max sensor | 48MPFusion Main, Ultra Wide and Telephoto, iPhone 17 Pro | 48MPFusion and Ultra Wide, iPhone 16 Pro |
| Video capture | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision, Fusion Main camera | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision, Fusion camera |
| Slow motion | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision; 1080p at 240fps | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision; 1080p at 240fps |
| Pro video formats | ProRes, ProRes RAW, Apple Log 2Genlock; ProRes 4K120 needs external recording | ProRes, LogProRes 4K120 needs external recording |
Display and video | ||
| On-device display | 2868 x 1320 at 120HziPhone 17 Pro Max | 2868 x 1320 at 120HziPhone 16 Pro Max |
| External display | 4K HDRDisplayPort over USB-C, iPhone 17 Pro | 4K HDRDisplayPort over USB-C, iPhone 16 Pro; 4K at 60Hz on MacBook Neo |
| Video decode | AV1, HEVC, H.264Plus ProRes | AV1, HEVC, H.264Plus ProRes |
Cellular | ||
| Modem | Separate chipSnapdragon X80 in iPhone 17 Pro; Apple C1X in iPhone Air | Separate chipSnapdragon X71 in iPhone 16 Pro |
| mmWave | SupportedUS models of iPhone 17 Pro; not on iPhone Air | SupportedUS models of iPhone 16 Pro |
| Satellite | SupportedEmergency SOS, Messages, Find My and Roadside Assistance via satellite | SupportedEmergency SOS, Messages, Find My and Roadside Assistance via satellite |
Wi-Fi and connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7Apple N1, separate chip in iPhone 17 Pro | Wi-Fi 7Separate chip in iPhone 16 Pro; Wi-Fi 6E on MacBook Neo |
| Bluetooth | 6.0Apple N1, separate chip in iPhone 17 Pro | 5.3Separate chip in iPhone 16 Pro; 6.0 on MacBook Neo |
| UWB | SupportedApple second-generation UWB chip in iPhone 17 Pro | SupportedApple second-generation UWB chip in iPhone 16 Pro |
| USB | USB 3, 10GbpsiPhone 17 Pro; USB 2 on iPhone Air | USB 3, 10GbpsUSB-C on iPhone 16 Pro |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavICDual-frequency GPS, iPhone 17 Pro | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavICDual-frequency GPS, iPhone 16 Pro |
| Thread | SupportedApple N1 | Supported |
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-10-20