The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air are now official, and a few Geekbench runs have emerged, giving us our first glimpse at how the Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips fare in synthetic benchmarks.
Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips
iPhone 17 (iPhone 18,3) managed a single-core CPU score of 3,608 and a multi-core score of 8,810. A quick comparison reveals a 10% jump in single-core score and 11% improvement for the multi-core department compared to the outgoing iPhone 16. The new listing also confirms the iPhone 17 is equipped with 8GB LPDDR5x RAM.
iPhone 17 (18,3) Geekbench CPU and GPU scores
On the GPU side, the vanilla iPhone achieved a 37,014 Metal score, which is a solid 33% improvement over the iPhone 16.
iPhone Air (18,4) is equipped with a binned version of the A19 Pro chip with a six-core CPU and a five-core GPU (one less GPU core than the A19 Pro). It managed 3,674 and a multi-core score of 8,824. The Air is equipped with 12GB LPDDR5x RAM. It managed a 37,743 Metal score in the GPU test.
iPhone Air (18,4) Geekbench CPU and GPU scores
iPhone 17 Pro (18,1) managed a 3,523 single-core score and a multi-core score of 9,028. Like the Air, the 17 Pro brings 12GB LPDDR5x RAM. On the GPU side, the small Pro managed a 44,342 Metal score – a 17% jump from the iPhone Air’s score, thanks to the extra GPU core. The 17 Pro’s GPU score is also 32% better than the one on the iPhone 16 Pro.
iPhone 17 Pro (18,1) Geekbench CPU and GPU scores
iPhone 17 Pro Max (18,2) achieved a 3,781 single-core score and 9,679 in the multi-core department. The Metal GPU score came out to 45,657, which is a nearly 40% jump compared to what we’ve seen from the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
iPhone 17 Pro Max (18,2) Geekbench CPU and GPU scores
