Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) vs Adreno X2-45
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Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
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Adreno X2-45
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 6 months older Adreno X2-45 that utilizes 1152 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this GPU is available.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-45
- 18% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 3.3 TFLOPS)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 19609 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9797 | - |
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-08 (h) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 40417 |
Adreno X2-45
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) and Adreno X2-45General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | 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 |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (#28th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1620 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 | 52 GPixel/s | 33-61 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 104 GTexel/s | 66-122 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | IGP |
| 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 | 9600 MHz | - |
| 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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