苹果iPhone 14和iPhone 14 Plus将采用增强版的A15芯片

据最新报道，苹果A15仿生芯片的 "加强版 "可能会出现在iPhone 14和iPhone 14 Plus上。正如我们所知，这家技术巨头可能正在改变其战略，为更多的高端iPhone机型配备更快、更省电的芯片，在这种情况下，iPhone 14 Pro和iPhone 14 Pro Max可能将使用A16仿生芯片。

苹果在2021年推出了两个版本的A15仿生芯片。一个是4核GPU，是为不太高档的iPhone 13和iPhone 13 mini准备的，而5核GPU版本是为iPhone 13 Pro和iPhone 13 Pro Max准备的。这种一个GPU核心的差异意味着iPhone 13 Pro和iPhone 13 Pro Max比A14仿生芯片获得了55%的性能提升。

相比之下，iPhone 13和iPhone 13 mini只实现了15%的小幅性能提升。另外，在默认情况下，A15仿生的高性能CPU核心以3.23GHz的频率运行，但由于某些原因，这些核心在iPad mini 6中运行时被锁定为2.99GHz，所以从技术上讲，有三个版本。

即使苹果采用拉长的营销策略，在iPhone 14和iPhone 14 Plus的A15仿生芯片旁边加上 "增强型 "一词，也不能改变该公司为节约成本而重新使用旧芯片的事实。

An ‘enhanced’ version of Apple’s A15 Bionic could be arriving for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, according to the latest report. As most of our readers know, the technology giant could be changing up its strategy, where it outfits the more premium iPhone models with a faster and more power-efficient silicon, which in this case, would be the A16 Bionic for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
A report published in The Wall Street Journal by Tim Higgins talks about this ‘enhanced’ A15 Bionic SoC. Previously, we stated that the same silicon would be found in the models mentioned above and would deliver slightly increased performance than the A15 Bionic running in the iPhone 13 models. Unfortunately, on this occasion, Higgins did not highlight any attributes of this chipset that would give its ‘enhanced’ capabilities.
To remind you, Apple introduced two versions of the A15 Bionic in 2021. One featured a 4-core GPU, and that was meant for the less premium iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, while the 5-core GPU variant was reserved for the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. That single GPU core difference meant the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max obtained a 55 percent performance boost over the A14 Bionic GPU.
In comparison, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini only achieved a modest 15 percent performance increase. Also, by default, the high-performance CPU cores of the A15 Bionic operated at 3.23GHz, but for some reason, those cores were downlocked to 2.99GHz when running in the iPad mini 6, so technically, there were three versions. Even if Apple were to use elongated marketing tactics and place the term ‘enhanced’ next to the A15 Bionic for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, it does not change the fact that the company is re-using an older silicon to save costs.
What this means is that this ‘enhanced’ version could simply be the 5-GPU core version found in the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max from last year. For 2023, Apple is rumored to follow the same strategy by using the A17 Bionic exclusively for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, while retaining the A16 Bionic for the less pricey models. If you wish to learn what else Apple could announce during its September 7 ‘Far Out’ event, be sure to go through our detailed roundup.