This year’s most recent iPhones consisted of one memorable modification that marked a brand-new stage in the advancement of Apple Silicon: the Apple N1, Apple’s very first internal chip made to manage regional cordless connections. The N1 supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the Thread wise home interaction procedure, and it changes the third-party cordless chips (primarily made by Broadcom) that Apple utilized in older iPhones.

Apple declared that the N1 would allow more trusted connection for regional interaction functions like AirPlay and AirDrop however didn’t state anything about how users might anticipate it to carry out. Ookla, the folks behind the SpeedTest app and site, have actually examined about 5 weeks’ worth of users’ screening information to get a concept of how the iPhone 17 lineup stacks up to the iPhone 16, as well as Android phones with Wi-Fi chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and others.

While the N1 isn’t at the top of the charts, Ookla states Apple’s Wi-Fi chip “provided greater download and upload speeds on Wi-Fi compared to the iPhone 16 throughout every studied percentile and practically every area.” The typical download speed for the iPhone 17 series was 329.56 Mbps, compared to 236.46 Mbps for the iPhone 16; the upload speed likewise leapt from 73.68 Mbps to 103.26 Mbps.

Ookla kept in mind that the N1’s finest efficiency appeared to enhance ratings many of all in the bottom 10th percentile of efficiency tests, “indicating Apple’s customized silicon raises the flooring more than the ceiling.” The iPhone 17 likewise didn’t leading Ookla’s international efficiency charts– Ookla discovered that the Pixel 10 Pro series somewhat edges out the iPhone 17 in download speed, while a Xiaomi 15T Pro with MediaTek Wi-Fi silicon included much better upload speeds.