Apple M2 GPU (8-core) vs Adreno X2-45
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Adreno X2-45
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M2 GPU (8-core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 3 years and 4 months newer Adreno X2-45 that utilizes 1152 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-45
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- 34% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 2.9 TFLOPS)
- Has 48% higher memory bandwidth: 152 vs 102.4 GB/s
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 7316 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 5676 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 58.7 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 35.2 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 1.1 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.2 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.37 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 96 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 3825.9 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
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 X2-45General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | June 6, 2022 | September 25, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Adreno X2 |
| GPU Codename | - | Adreno X2 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M2 or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M2 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (88th and 26th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 910-1700 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1152 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 72 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 36 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | - |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 45 GPixel/s | 33-61 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 89 GTexel/s | 66-122 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | IGP |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | - | 220 mm² |
| 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 | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | - | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | - | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | No |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 1.4 |
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