Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking410not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.88no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores153616
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizeno datamedium sized

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 typeLPDDR5xLPDDR5-6400
Memory clock speed8448 MHzno data
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU

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