Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS vs GeForce RTX 4090

Place in the ranking	1	422
Place by popularity	6	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.80	no data
Power efficiency	15.36	25.53
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	no data
GPU code name	AD102	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16384	1536
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1250 MHz
Number of transistors	76,300 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	1,290	no data
Floating-point processing power	82.58 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	176	no data
TMUs	512	no data
Tensor Cores	512	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	128	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Length	304 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6X	LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz	8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1.01 TB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_1
Shader Model	6.8	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.9	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4090 100.00
+803%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 11.08

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 4090 104598
+1548%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 6346

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 4090 73447
+1067%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 6294

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 4090 260357
+646%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 34890

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	267 +642%	36 −642%
1440p	204 +1100%	17 −1100%
4K	148 +825%	16−18 −825%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.99	no data
1440p	7.84	no data
4K	10.80	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

225

+838%

24−27
−838%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	235 +879%	24−27 −879%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	287 +857%	30−33 −857%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +804%	27−30 −804%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +900%	12−14 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	222 +825%	24−27 −825%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +883%	12−14 −883%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +857%	21−24 −857%
Forza Horizon 4	290−300 +870%	30−33 −870%
Hitman 3	120−130 +821%	14−16 −821%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400 +906%	35−40 −906%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +869%	16−18 −869%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +933%	12−14 −933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	450−500 +824%	50−55 −824%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +863%	16−18 −863%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	200−210 +867%	21−24 −867%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	248 +819%	27−30 −819%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +804%	27−30 −804%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +900%	12−14 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	214 +919%	21−24 −919%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +883%	12−14 −883%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +857%	21−24 −857%
Forza Horizon 4	290−300 +870%	30−33 −870%
Hitman 3	120−130 +821%	14−16 −821%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400 +906%	35−40 −906%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +869%	16−18 −869%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +933%	12−14 −933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	548 +813%	60−65 −813%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	240−250 +904%	24−27 −904%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +863%	16−18 −863%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	179 +894%	18−20 −894%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	220 +817%	24−27 −817%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +900%	12−14 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	210 +900%	21−24 −900%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +883%	12−14 −883%
Forza Horizon 4	290−300 +870%	30−33 −870%
Hitman 3	120−130 +821%	14−16 −821%
Horizon Zero Dawn	394 +885%	40−45 −885%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	541 +884%	55−60 −884%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	305 +917%	30−33 −917%
Watch Dogs: Legion	153 +856%	16−18 −856%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130
+933%

12−14

−933%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +822%	18−20 −822%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +833%	12−14 −833%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	155 +869%	16−18 −869%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	183 +917%	18−20 −917%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +811%	9−10 −811%
Cyberpunk 2077	154 +863%	16−18 −863%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +833%	9−10 −833%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +803%	30−33 −803%
Hitman 3	130−140 +886%	14−16 −886%
Horizon Zero Dawn	388 +870%	40−45 −870%
Metro Exodus	152 +850%	16−18 −850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	504 +816%	55−60 −816%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	268 +893%	27−30 −893%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +900%	24−27 −900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+821%

14−16
−821%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +878%	9−10 −878%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +886%	7−8 −886%
Hitman 3	80−85 +822%	9−10 −822%
Horizon Zero Dawn	105 +950%	10−11 −950%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +914%	14−16 −914%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	281 +837%	30−33 −837%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120 +900%	12−14 −900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120 +900%	12−14 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +940%	5−6 −940%
Cyberpunk 2077	80 +900%	8−9 −900%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +848%	27−30 −848%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	282 +840%	30−33 −840%
Watch Dogs: Legion	117 +875%	12−14 −875%