Overview

• Early benchmarks report near-identical single-core responsiveness, with the iPhone 17 Pro holding roughly an 8–10% edge in demanding multi-core or graphics-heavy tasks.
• The iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro configuration includes a 6-core GPU and vapor-chamber cooling, while the iPhone Air’s variant has five GPU cores and no dedicated cooler.
• The iPhone Air’s 5.6 mm ultra-thin design favors a slimmer profile over thermal headroom, increasing the likelihood of throttling during prolonged heavy use.
• AnTuTu results place the iPhone Air above 2 million points, compared with around 1.8 million for the iPhone 16 Pro, signaling a clear generational uplift.
• Reporting is preliminary and some outlets disagree on whether the Air uses a binned A19 Pro or a non-Pro A19, so small performance gaps may be refined with broader testing.