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Adreno X2-90 vs Adreno X2-85

Adreno X2-90
VS
Adreno X2-85
Adreno X2-90
Adreno X2
Adreno X2-85
Adreno X2

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Adreno X2-90 with 12 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the Adreno X2-85 that utilizes 12 pipelines and 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AI
  5. Specs
  6. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Adreno X2-85 over Adreno X2-90
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-90
  • Performs significantly better (up to 54%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 228 vs 152 GB/s
GPU
Adreno X2-90
vs
Adreno X2-85

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Adreno X2-90 +54%
5142
Adreno X2-85
3331
Time Spy 3782 1403
Solar Bay 24300 14961
Port Royal 1592 735
Fire Strike 10039 7510
Wild Life Extreme 9890 6989
Night Raid 57486 24606
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
Adreno X2-90 +30%
7585
Adreno X2-85
5855
G2D Mark 592 655
DirectX 11 57 FPS 45 FPS
DirectX 12 29 FPS 23 FPS
GPU Compute 3638 Ops/s 2523 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 61 & 20 samples
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Specifications

Technical specifications of Adreno X2-90 and Adreno X2-85

General

Vendor Qualcomm Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released September 25, 2025 September 25, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Adreno X2 Adreno X2
GPU Codename Adreno X2 Adreno X2
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) - Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
Recommended CPU - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)		 - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (34th and 50th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1700-1850 MHz (configurable) 1350-1700 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2048 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 128
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 12 12
Tensor Cores No No
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109-118 GPixel/s 86-109 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 218-237 GTexel/s 173-218 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Adreno X2-90 +9%
7-7.6 TFLOPS
Adreno X2-85
5.5-7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface IGP IGP
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Die Size 220 mm² 220 mm²

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
Adreno X2-90 +50%
228 GB/s
Adreno X2-85
152 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA No No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4

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