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Apple A20 Pro debuts with 7-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine and 50% more memory bandwidth (~115 GB/s)

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It seems to use a 96-bit LPDDR5X memory bus, instead of the previous 64-bit wide busses. Considering it's on 2nm, that's expensive silicon. That should result in around 115 GB/s memory bandwidth. A20 Pro also doubles the size of Apple's dedicated Neural Engine (from 16 to 32 cores total). submitted…

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  1. 2026-09-09 22:23 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Apple A20 Pro debuts with 7-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine and 50% more memory bandwidth (~115 GB/s)

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