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Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) vs Adreno X2-85

Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
VS
Adreno X2-85
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
Custom
Adreno X2-85
Adreno X2

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) with 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders against the 1 year and 5 months newer 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 M4 GPU (10-Core)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
  • Performs better (up to 23%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-85
  • 84% higher maximum theoretical performance (7 vs 3.8 TFLOPS)
  • Has 27% higher memory bandwidth: 152 vs 120 GB/s
  • Has 60% more shading units (2048 vs 1280)
GPU
M4 GPU (10-Core)
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
Time Spy - 1403
Solar Bay 16554 14961
Port Royal - 735
Fire Strike - 7510
Wild Life Extreme 9610 6989
Night Raid - 24606
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 GPU Compute

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 72.2 img/sec -
Face Detection 48.3 img/sec -
Horizon Detection 1.4 Gpixels/sec -
Edge Detection 1.94 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian Blur 1.5 Gpixels/sec -
Feature Matching 0.53 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo Matching 123.3 Gpixels/sec -
Particle Physics 4938.4 FPS -
API OpenCL -
Sources: Geekbench [3]

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 - 655
DirectX 11 - 45 FPS
DirectX 12 - 23 FPS
GPU Compute - 2523 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 20 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 529 samples
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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) 4874 -
Image Segmentation (HP) 8168 -
Image Super Resolution (Q) 11983 -
Face Detection (HP) 17036 -
Pose Estimation (Q) 31171 -
Text Classification (SP) 2964 -
Machine Translation (HP) 3410 -
Object Detection (SP) 5112 -
Depth Estimation (Q) 22700 -
Style Transfer (SP) 60872 -
Framework Core ML -
Backend GPU -
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) and Adreno X2-85

General

Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released May 7, 2024 September 25, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Adreno X2
GPU Codename Custom Adreno X2
Rival Equivalent - Adreno X1-85 - Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
Successor - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) -
Recommended CPU - Apple M4 (10-Core) or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M4 (10-Core) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (71st and 50th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1470 MHz 1350-1700 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 1280 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 128
Render Output Units (ROPs) 40 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 160 12
Tensor Cores - No
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59 GPixel/s 86-109 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 118 GTexel/s 173-218 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
M4 GPU (10-Core)
3.8 TFLOPS
Adreno X2-85 +84%
5.5-7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Custom IGP
TGP 18 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Die Size - 220 mm²
Transistor Count 28 billion -
Max. Temperature 100°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock 7500 MHz -
Effective Memory Speed 15000 Mbps -
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
M4 GPU (10-Core)
120 GB/s
Adreno X2-85 +27%
152 GB/s

API

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

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