Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup has just gone official, and benchmark results for the new A19 Pro chip are already surfacing online. The early numbers show that while the chipset remains highly capable, the year-on-year performance gains are relatively modest compared to expectations.
One of the first AnTuTu results recorded a score of 2,033,552 points, only slightly higher than last year’s A18 Pro, which hovered just under two million. The score was initially thought to be from the iPhone 17 Pro, but AnTuTu later clarified it came from the newly introduced iPhone Air (model iPhone 18,4), which also runs on the A19 Pro.
The most notable improvement comes in memory performance, thanks to the jump to 12GB RAM. This pushed memory scores up by nearly 50 percent, improving multitasking and background app handling. However, CPU scores saw a slight dip compared to the A18 Pro, likely due to early firmware or thermal constraints during testing. Graphics and system-level performance remain largely steady, showing Apple’s continued focus on efficiency and stability rather than aggressive benchmark jumps.
Earlier Geekbench listings echoed this trend, with only minor single-core and multi-core improvements. Apple has also added a vapor chamber cooling system on the Pro models, aimed at reducing heat during sustained workloads like gaming and video editing, even if such benefits don’t reflect directly in synthetic benchmarks.
For everyday users, the A19 Pro will still deliver industry-leading speed, effortless handling of AI-driven apps, demanding tasks, and advanced videography. But in raw benchmark terms, the update looks more like an evolution than a revolution.
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