The leak concerning the A20 Pro, which Apple is expected to use in its iPhone 18 Pro models, points to the possibility of a 7-core GPU, a 96-bit memory bus and a larger L2 cache in the efficiency cores. Fried White Rice reached these conclusions by matching schematics allegedly showing the chip’s connections to the circuit board with the CPU, GPU and memory components; no chip photo or Apple document was shared. The A20 Pro is reportedly set to retain a 6-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores. The A19 Pro has a 6-core CPU and GPU. Seven GPU cores could increase the number by approximately 16.7%; however, performance also depends on clock speed, cache, bandwidth and thermal management. Apple has not disclosed the technical specifications; the A19 Pro features a 16-core Neural Engine, Neural Accelerators and ray-tracing support.
Why it matters
If the leak is accurate, the focus of the change in the A20 Pro will be graphics capacity, the memory bus and the cache of the efficiency cores rather than the number of CPU cores. This approach shows that looking only at the core count in a comparison with the A19 Pro would be insufficient to explain the actual performance difference; clock speed, bandwidth, cache and thermal management could directly affect the outcome. The fact that the claims are based on matching connection schematics with components rather than on a chip photo or company document limits the certainty of the technical details. Since Apple has not disclosed the specifications, it remains unclear how much practical benefit the 7-core GPU will provide and how the existing Neural Engine, Neural Accelerators and ray-tracing support will change.
Background
GPU is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 3 news reports mentioning this name in the last 90 days; the latest is dated 1 September 2026.