Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) vs Adreno X2-90
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Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
Custom
Adreno X2-90
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) with 256 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the 6 months older Adreno X2-90 that utilizes 12 pipelines and 2048 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 68%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Has 35% higher memory bandwidth: 307 vs 228 GB/s
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-90
- 15% higher maximum theoretical performance (7.6 vs 6.6 TFLOPS)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 3644 |
| Solar Bay | 39369 | 24178 |
| Port Royal | - | 1578 |
| Fire Strike | - | 10109 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 19874 | 10017 |
| Night Raid | - | 57060 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 153.3 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 101 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 2.82 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 4.09 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.69 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.84 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 212.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 9757.6 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 604 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 58 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 30 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 3552 Ops/s |
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-18 (JSK) | Steel Nomad Light | 8894 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (JSK) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 76085 |
Adreno X2-90
No benchmark results yet
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) | 8260 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25244 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 33177 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51773 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 190718 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2913 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8985 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7777 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 63837 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 128419 | - |
| Framework | Core ML | - |
| Backend | GPU | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) and Adreno X2-90General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | 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 | - | - Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (24th and 36th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1700-1850 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 128 | 128 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 256 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 104 GPixel/s | 109-118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 207 GTexel/s | 218-237 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 | 256-bit | 192-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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