https://birchtree.me/blog/the-a19-pro-is-a-transcription-beast/ Mastodon Skip to Navigation Skip to Posts Skip to Content Birchtree * Home * All Posts * Member Posts * Member Perks * RSS Feed * - My Other Projects * A Better Computer * Comfort Zone * Quick Reviews * Quick Stuff * - Contact * Get in Touch * Advertising * Analytics Tags * Links * 365 Albums * podcast * meta * watch Socials More Birchtree Birchtree * Light * Dark * System The A19 Pro is a transcription beast The A19 Pro is a transcription beast Matt Birchler September 24, 2025 1 min read * Email * Copy link The A19 Pro is a transcription beast On this page Unlock full content I happen to have a new app on the App Store that is a pretty good benchmark for a certain type of processing across Apple's devices. Quick Subtitles is a pretty simple app that uses Apple's new speech frameworks to transcribe audio and video files on an Apple Silicon device running OS 26 or later (Mac version coming soon-ish). It works exactly the same on each platform, so it should be a pretty good test of the processor speed and neural engine performance. I've run quite a few test across 4 devices: 1. MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) 2. iPhone 17 Pro (A19 Pro) 3. iPhone 16 Pro Max (A18 Pro) 4. iPhone 16e (A18) The file being transcribed is a 92MB, 50 minute MP3 of the next Cozy Zone episode (it's a banger, get subscribed ). Here are the results again: Processor Time to transcribe 50 min MP3 (in seconds) M4 Pro 30.2 A19 Pro 35.1 A18 Pro 56.4 A18 56.7 I ran the test several times on each device, and the above numbers are an average across all runs. The numbers were pretty consistent, never varying by more than a couple seconds. * Generating a transcript in one minute on a phone has been blowing me away all summer. * The new iPhone's A19 Pro demolishes the outgoing A18 lineup at this task, nearly matching my high-end Mac. * The A19 Pro transcribes about 60% faster than the A18 Pro. Become a Member Join our exclusive community as a member of my personal blog and unlock a world of captivating content Sign up Now Birchtree Traveling enriches and helps us become better versions of ourselves. * Home * All Posts * Member Posts * Member Perks * RSS Feed * - My Other Projects * A Better Computer * Comfort Zone * Quick Reviews * Quick Stuff * - Contact * Get in Touch * Advertising * Analytics --------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) 2025 Birchtree Productions - Published with Ghost Blog [All ] Featured Post Apple I'm running to the press Sep 25, 2025 5 min read Apple AirPods Pro 3 first impressions (I'm so confused) Sep 24, 2025 2 min read Apple The hotly-anticipated TechWoven review Sep 24, 2025 3 min read The A19 Pro is a transcription beast Sep 24, 2025 1 min read Paid Post Members + Smartypants, my first app idea that might actually be possible now Sep 24, 2025 2 min read Links Stop expecting the bare minimum Sep 23, 2025 1 min read Apple How the iPhone 17 Pro zoom lens compares to the Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16 Pro Sep 23, 2025 6 min read Politics Kimmel is returning as Republicans wonder, "are we the baddies?" Sep 22, 2025 1 min read Links This console generation is freaking weird (and expensive) Sep 19, 2025 2 min read Featured Post Introducing Quick Subtitles Sep 19, 2025 3 min read Load More You've reached the end of the list * Home * All Posts * Member Posts * Member Perks * RSS Feed * A Better Computer * Comfort Zone * Quick Reviews * Quick Stuff (*) ( ) Nav Posts [All ] * Home * All Posts * Member Posts * Member Perks * RSS Feed * - My Other Projects * A Better Computer * Comfort Zone * Quick Reviews * Quick Stuff * - Contact * Get in Touch * Advertising * Analytics Tags * Links * 365 Albums * podcast * meta * watch Socials Featured Post Apple I'm running to the press Sep 25, 2025 5 min read Apple AirPods Pro 3 first impressions (I'm so confused) Sep 24, 2025 2 min read Apple The hotly-anticipated TechWoven review Sep 24, 2025 3 min read The A19 Pro is a transcription beast Sep 24, 2025 1 min read Paid Post Members + Smartypants, my first app idea that might actually be possible now Sep 24, 2025 2 min read Links Stop expecting the bare minimum Sep 23, 2025 1 min read Apple How the iPhone 17 Pro zoom lens compares to the Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16 Pro Sep 23, 2025 6 min read Politics Kimmel is returning as Republicans wonder, "are we the baddies?" Sep 22, 2025 1 min read Links This console generation is freaking weird (and expensive) Sep 19, 2025 2 min read Featured Post Introducing Quick Subtitles Sep 19, 2025 3 min read Load More You've reached the end of the list More Birchtree