Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs Adreno X1-45
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Adreno X1-45
Adreno X1
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M2 GPU (8-core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 5 months newer Adreno X1-45 that utilizes 3 pipelines and 768 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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
Reasons to consider the Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 38% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.9 vs 2.1 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (29K vs 9K)
- Has 33% more shading units (1024 vs 768)
Reasons to consider the Adreno X1-45
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 928 |
| Solar Bay | 7316 | 5990 |
| Fire Strike | - | 3707 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 5676 | 3225 |
| Night Raid | - | 16550 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 58.7 img/sec | 14.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 35.2 img/sec | 6.82 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | 0.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.2 Gpixels/sec | 0.55 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.37 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 96 Gpixels/sec | 26.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3825.9 FPS | 1746.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 348 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 13 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 10 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 807 Ops/s |
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
No benchmark results yet
Adreno X1-45
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-03-18 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 9564 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 3242 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 4890 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 7149 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 10340 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 21268 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2268 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1122 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 3007 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 13941 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35943 | - |
| Framework | Core ML | - |
| Backend | GPU | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M2 GPU (8-core) and Adreno X1-45General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | October 24, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Adreno X1 |
| GPU Codename | - | Adreno X1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Apple M2 GPU (8-core) |
| Successor | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M2 or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M2 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (90th and 107th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 280 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1107-1367 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 3 |
| L1 Cache | - | 192KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | - | 1MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 45 GPixel/s | 27-33 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 89 GTexel/s | 53-66 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | IGP |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor Count | 11.6 billion | - |
| Max. Temperature | 94°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 6400 MHz | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12800 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 128-bit | - |
| ECC | No | - |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | - | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | - | 3.2 |
| OpenCL | - | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | No |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 1.4 |
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