A17 Pro is the secret weapon of the iPhone 15 Pro: the first 3nm processor capable of running “console games” on a smartphone

Apple finally presented the iPhone 15 line, and in the professional series, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, which do not arrive with the “A17 Bionic” processor, a logical update considering that this had been Apple’s path in recent years. years where the minor versions of each generation obtained the most powerful chip of the previous model, but presenting a new chip, the A17 Pro.

This is the processor that takes advantage of the new generation of Apple Silicon to take a step forward, with 19 billion transistors, as well as a three-nanometer manufacturing thanks to the use of extreme ultraviolet lithography.

The first 3 nanometer processor in an iPhone
The company revealed some details of this new processor, which represents greater performance and efficiency. It is a component that has a 3 nanometer construction, the first in the smartphone segment, compared to 4 nanometers in the A16. This allows the A17 Pro to perform up to 35 billion operations per second.

It features two high-performance cores for a 10% faster CPU, as well as four high-efficiency cores for three times the performance per watt than the competition.

It features two high-performance cores for a 10% faster CPU, as well as four high-efficiency cores for three times the performance per watt than the competition.

Of course, for now it is not revealed how many frames per second the games run at, the resolution at which each of these titles are, or whether they will be optimized for touch screens or require additional drivers.

Possible name changes
Additionally, the introduction of the A17 Pro means that Apple’s nomenclatures change, since until now only one version of the chip was presented, which debuted in the Pro versions and arrived in the non-Pro versions a year later.

However, the fact that there are now Pro versions may mean that Apple presents the “non-Pro” A17 in 2024 for next year’s base iPhone.