GoKawiilLeak hints Apple's A20 Pro chip may add seventh GPU core, larger cache
A Chinese Weibo leaker known as Fried White Rice shared circuit board diagrams believed to relate to Apple's next A20 Pro chip, expected in iPhone 18 Pro models. Based on solder-ball placement, the leaker infers the chip keeps a 2+4 CPU core setup but increases small-core L2 cache to 8MB, and likely moves from six to seven GPU cores.
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Small architectural tweaks like added GPU cores or larger cache can meaningfully boost gaming and AI performance on iPhones without a full node shrink. Because these details come from indirect board analysis rather than the chip itself, they remain speculative until Apple confirms specs closer to launch.
- A20 Pro may retain 2 performance + 4 efficiency CPU cores, similar to A19 Pro.
- Efficiency core L2 cache could grow from 6MB to 8MB.
- GPU core count is estimated at seven, though six or eight remain possible.
Apple iPhone 17 Pro — While leakers debate the A20 Pro's core count, the current iPhone 17 Pro is the real, buyable version of that Pro-line performance today. It packs Apple's latest Pro silicon, the Pro camera system, and the ProMotion display that these chip rumors build on.
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