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A20 Pro and on-device AI: It’s showtime

Blog A20 Pro and on-device AI: It’s showtime Ricky Takkar Published September 20, 2026 Apple says the A20 Pro has 50% more memory bandwidth and twice the AI processing power. I wanted to know what that feels like (i.e., how much sooner the first token and the full response arrive) when I actually run an on-device language model, so I compared my iPhone 18 Pro (A20 Pro) and my iPhone 17 Pro Max (A19 Pro).

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