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Apple's A19 Pro beats Ryzen 9 9950X in single-thread Geekbench tests — iPhone 17 Pro chip packs 11-12% CPU performance bump, GPU performance up 37% over predecessor

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Apple's new A19 Pro chip for the iPhone 17 Pro outperforms its predecessor and rivals like the Snapdragon 8 Elite, even surpassing desktop CPUs in single-thread Geekbench tests. The CPU offers an 11-12% performance boost and the GPU shows a 37% improvement over the previous model. The A19 Pro features two high-performance cores and four energy-efficient cores, with enhancements like improved branch prediction and increased cache size. The processor, manufactured by TSMC on the N3P process, demonstrates solid clock speed gains and microarchitectural improvements. Despite not significantly increasing CPU clocks, the A19 Pro excels in single-thread workloads and GPU performance.

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