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Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) vs Adreno X1-45

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
VS
Adreno X1-45
Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Adreno X1-45
Adreno X1

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) with 304 pipelines and 2432 shaders against the 9 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.

  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 X1-45 over M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 4.7x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (6.8 vs 2.1 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 5x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (49K vs 9K)
  • Has 3.2x more shading units (2432 vs 768)
Reasons to consider the Adreno X1-45
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
GPU
M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
vs
Adreno X1-45

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
Time Spy - 928
Solar Bay 16218 5990
Fire Strike - 3707
Wild Life Extreme 12726 3225
Night Raid - 16550
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 89.7 img/sec 14.2 img/sec
Face Detection 58 img/sec 6.82 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.94 Gpixels/sec 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.26 Gpixels/sec 0.65 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.19 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.55 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 163 Gpixels/sec 26.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6139.2 FPS 1746.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark - 348
DirectX 11 - 13 FPS
DirectX 12 - 10 FPS
GPU Compute - 807 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 696 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 207 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 5279 -
Image Segmentation (HP) 8089 -
Image Super Resolution (Q) 15007 -
Face Detection (HP) 19212 -
Pose Estimation (Q) 44046 -
Text Classification (SP) 2280 -
Machine Translation (HP) 1972 -
Object Detection (SP) 4941 -
Depth Estimation (Q) 22209 -
Style Transfer (SP) 79898 -
Framework Core ML -
Backend GPU -
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) and Adreno X1-45

General

Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 17, 2023 October 24, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Generic
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Apple M GPU Adreno X1
GPU Codename - Adreno X1
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop - Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) -
Recommended CPU - Apple M2 Pro or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M2 Pro - Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (69th and 106th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 450 MHz 280 MHz
Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1107-1367 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2432 768
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 152 48
Render Output Units (ROPs) 76 24
Compute Units (Pipelines) 304 3
L1 Cache - 192KB per cluster
L2 Cache - 1MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 GPixel/s 27-33 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 212 GTexel/s 53-66 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
M2 Pro GPU (19-core) +224%
6.8 TFLOPS
Adreno X1-45
1.7-2.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Custom IGP
TGP 35 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Count 26 billion -
Max. Temperature 94°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock 6400 MHz -
Effective Memory Speed 12800 Mbps -
Bus 256-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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