Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Adreno X2-45
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Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Custom
Adreno X2-45
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M4 GPU (8-core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 11 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
- 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 3 TFLOPS)
- Has 27% higher memory bandwidth: 152 vs 120 GB/s
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 13969 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 7931 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.4 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 41.3 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 1.21 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.74 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.12 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.43 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 94.9 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 3902.5 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Adreno X2-45General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | October 29, 2024 | September 25, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Adreno X2 |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Adreno X2 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M4 (8-Core) or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M4 (8-Core) | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (68th and 28th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1470 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 | 47 GPixel/s | 33-61 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 94 GTexel/s | 66-122 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | IGP |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | - | 220 mm² |
| 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
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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