The presentation of the iPhone 15 will take place tomorrow, although we have already given you some of its most important keys in this article, where we also explain that this new generation of smartphones will use two different SoCs, Apple A17 Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic.

If you are wondering why Apple will use two different chips in the same generation of smartphones, the answer is very simple, to better differentiate the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus from the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. Using a more advanced SoC provides the Pro and Pro Max models a touch of difference that also allows Apple to better justify the higher price of these two versions.

It’s actually a way to put the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max in a “premium” position compared to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, but is it really that important, advances will make a big difference What will the Apple A17 SoC introduce? In this article, we will reveal it with a simple but interesting comparison.

Apple A17 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic

1.-Apple A17 will be more powerful

This is something quite logical, since we are talking about a more advanced SoC that it will use new architecture at the CPU level and will have GPU sa higher number of graphics cores. It is unclear whether the latter will also use the new architecture, but some recent information also points in that direction.

Without any surprise, the Apple A17 Bionic SoC will most likely repeat the use of a 6-core CPU divided into two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores. These cores will offer performance improvements between 10% and 20%, thanks to the use of a new architecture and a possible increase in frequencies.

The performance improvement at the GPU level should be greater, probably at least 30% compared to the Apple A16 Bionic SoC and is said to also have support for ray tracing acceleration, a technology that is gradually making its way into the smartphone sector. We can also expect a much more powerful neural processing unit.

2.-Jump to TSMC’s 3nm node

Apple’s new chip will use a more advanced node, leading to significant improvements in efficiency and performance. It uses the Apple A16 Bionic SoC TSMC N4P node, while the Apple A17 SoC makes a leap TSMC 3nm node. The difference will be big and will be noticeable in the following keys:

• Efficiency improvement between 8% and 10%.
• 5% performance improvement.

Compared to the N5 node, the differences are even greater because the 3nm node that Apple will use in its new SoC improves efficiency by 30% and performance by 15%. Since the N4P node is an improved and more advanced version of the first one, the differences from the 3nm node are slight but still noticeable.

For users, it will result in a jump to the 3nm node in the Apple A17 Bionic SoC more autonomy and/or more power.

3.-More RAM to maximize performance

The Apple A17 SoC is also rumored to be backed by more RAM. We can find it on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus 6 GB of RAMso in the end, the raw performance that these two new terminals will offer will be similar, or almost identical, to what we saw in the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max.

On the other hand, in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, the amount of RAM memory increase to 8 GB, So the performance improvement will be quite significant and we will have two terminals that will represent a significant leap compared to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max and a much greater advance compared to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.

Which option pays off more?

The truth is that this is a difficult question, because in the end it will all depend on your aspirations and your needs. SoC Apple A16 continues to offer excellent performanceis one of the most powerful chips that exist in the mobile sector, and with the arrival of the Apple A17 SoC, this reality will not change.

By that I mean buying an iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Plus It will be a good idea even if you are a very heavy user it requires a lot of power. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will be more powerful and, as I said, represent a more important leap at the hardware level, making them the perfect choice for those who want to have the most powerful on the market, if they are willing to pay more money for it.