Apple M6 GPU (12-core) vs Adreno X2-90
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Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Custom
Adreno X2-90
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Apple M6 GPU (12-core) with 192 pipelines and 1536 shaders against the 1 year 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 2 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-90
- 55% higher maximum theoretical performance (7.6 vs 4.9 TFLOPS)
- Has 34% higher memory bandwidth: 228 vs 170 GB/s
- Has 33% more shading units (2048 vs 1536)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 3644 |
| Solar Bay | - | 24178 |
| Port Royal | - | 1578 |
| Fire Strike | - | 10109 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 10017 |
| Night Raid | - | 57060 |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 604 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 58 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 30 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 3552 Ops/s |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M6 GPU (12-core) and Adreno X2-90General
| Vendor | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | September 25, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Adreno X2 |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Adreno X2 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Adreno X2-90 | - Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M6 (12-Core) or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M6 (12-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 (27th and 36th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1700-1850 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 128 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 192 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 128 GPixel/s | 109-118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 154 GTexel/s | 218-237 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | IGP |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | - | 220 mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 10667 MHz | - |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | - | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | - | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 1.4 |
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