Apple iPhone 16 Series Get A18 A18 Pro Processor Know Details

Apple on Monday introduced the iPhone 16 series at its global event. The iPhone series includes iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. The new iPhones were introduced with many new hardware features and Apple intelligence integration. For the first time, the Cupertino-based tech giant has equipped the series with two new system-on-a-chip A18 and A18 Pro. The company has claimed better performance, better gaming and capacity to run Large Language Model (LLM) with the new chipset.

Apple introduced A18, A18 Pro chipsets

At the event, the company said that the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will have A18 processors, while the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will have A18 Pro processors. The addition of the A18 processor for the non-Pro model means that the iPhone 16 does not have an A17 Pro chip. Apple claimed that this will significantly improve performance. Both chipsets are built on the second generation of the 3nm process, which was first seen with the A17 Pro. It has a 16-core Neural Engine, which is said to handle AI tasks at 35 TOPS, as well as a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU.

Apple claims that the 6-core CPU of the A18 chipset is 30 percent faster than the previous A16 Bionic. It is also said to be 30 percent more energy efficient. Apart from this, the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus get 40 percent faster and 35 percent power efficient GPU performance compared to the iPhone 15 models. These devices are also getting hardware-accelerated ray tracing capabilities.

The A18 Pro processor in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max is claimed to bring a 17 percent increase in total system memory bandwidth, which will help the devices perform complex AI tasks. The new processor is said to be 20 percent faster in GPU performance and 15 percent faster in CPU performance compared to the A17 Pro. It is also said to be 20 percent more energy efficient.

Apart from this, the A18 Pro also offers improved ray tracing with realistic light sources and reflections as well as more consistent frame rates. The chipset also powers Always-On and ProMotion technology on the device. Apart from this, it supports faster USB 3 speeds and ProRes video recording. A new ISP and video encoder process double the amount of data for faster video encoding and pro workflows.