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

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4090 with Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4090
2022
24 GB GDDR6X, 450 Watt
100.00
+825%

RTX 4090 outperforms Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS by a whopping 825% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1428
Place by popularity6not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.75no data
Power efficiency15.3024.82
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 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 cores163841536
Core clock speed2235 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2520 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)450 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate1,290no data
Floating-point processing power82.58 TFLOPSno data
ROPs176no data
TMUs512no data
Tensor Cores512no data
Ray Tracing Cores128no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length304 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno 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 typeGDDR6XLPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount24 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1313 MHz8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.01 TB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_1
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-

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
+825%
Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 10.81

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 HD264
+676%
34
−676%
1440p207
+1118%
17
−1118%
4K146
+943%
14−16
−943%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.06no data
1440p7.72no data
4K10.95no 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
+917%
24−27
−917%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+900%
12−14
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 222
+957%
21−24
−957%
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
+975%
12−14
−975%
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
+927%
45−50
−927%
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
+933%
24−27
−933%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+917%
24−27
−917%
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
+975%
12−14
−975%
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
+896%
55−60
−896%
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
+948%
21−24
−948%
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
+975%
12−14
−975%
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
+938%
16−18
−938%
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
+925%
8−9
−925%
Cyberpunk 2077 154
+863%
16−18
−863%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+833%
9−10
−833%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+904%
27−30
−904%
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
+908%
50−55
−908%
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
+975%
12−14
−975%

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
+938%
8−9
−938%
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%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+1010%
10−11
−1010%

This is how RTX 4090 and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 676% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 1118% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 is 943% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 100.00 10.81
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 450 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 4090 has a 825.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 1400% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop card while Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS is a notebook one.


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