iPhone 17e Benchmarks Reveal A19 Chip Performance With a Tiny Catch

Source: MacRumors

The first benchmarks for the iPhone 17e surfaced in the Geekbench 6 database today, offering a closer look at the A19 chip’s performance.

For multi‑core CPU performance, the highest score the iPhone 17e achieved so far is 9,241. As expected, this is nearly identical to the standard iPhone 17 model with the A19 chip, which has an average multi‑core score of 9,249.

There is one tiny catch: the iPhone 17e has a 4‑core GPU, whereas the iPhone 17 has a 5‑core GPU. With one fewer GPU core, the iPhone 17e shows slightly lower graphics performance, achieving Metal scores of around 31,000 – 31,500 in early Geekbench results, compared to around 37,000 for the iPhone 17.

In our view, most customers are unlikely to notice a significant difference in graphics performance between the iPhone 17e and iPhone 17.

The previous‑generation iPhone 16e with an A18 chip also has a 4‑core GPU【source】.

Benchmark Comparison

iPhone 17e features the same overall design as the iPhone 16e, but it gains Apple’s A19 chip, MagSafe for magnetic wireless charging and magnetic accessories, Apple’s second‑generation C1X modem for faster 5G, and a doubled 256 GB base storage option. In the U.S., the iPhone 17e starts at $599, just like the iPhone 16e did.

iPhone 17e pre‑orders began March 4, and the device launches March 11.