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Qualcomm Adreno 640 vs ARM Mali-G78 MP20

Qualcomm Adreno 640

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The Qualcomm Adreno 640 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. The chip will be available from early 2019 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 640 GPU offers a 20% improved performance over the Adreno 630, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 845 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 640 having 50% more FP16 and FP32 compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 630, while its 7 nm FinFET manufacturing process makes it 20% more efficient too.

The Adreno 640 will also support the Vulkan 1.1 API, something which is possible for other Adreno 600 series GPUs too.

ARM Mali-G78 MP20

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The ARM Mali-G78MP20 is an integrated high-end graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced late 2021 in the Google Tensor SoC. It integrates 20 of the 24 possible cores and is based on the second generation of the Valhal architecture. According to ARM it offers two new features: asynchronous top level and fragment dependency tracking.

The graphics card is one of the fastest in Android devices of 2020 and therefore able to run all games fluently.

The GPU supports all modern graphics APIs like OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0.

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Qualcomm Adreno 640ARM Mali-G78 MP20
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Mali-G57 MP4 compare 4
Mali-G57 MP3 compare 3
Mali-G57 MP2 compare 2
Mali-G57 MP1 compare 1
Mali-G51 MP4 compare 4 @ 0.65 GHz
Shared Memoryyesno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2
technology10 nm5 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
Date of Announcement12.02.2018 26.05.2020
CodenameValhall
ArchitectureValhall
Pipelines24 - unified
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.arm.com
CPU in Adreno 640GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8608 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ / 855 Plus8 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8558 x 2840 MHz, 5 W? MHz585 MHz
min. - max.? - 250 MHz585 - 675 MHz
CPU in Mali-G78 MP20GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Google Tensor8 x 1800 MHz? MHz848 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 97354     avg: 108080     median: 106829 (11%)     max: 118129 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 5268     avg: 7441     median: 7659 (33%)     max: 8661 Points
min: 7344     avg: 8841     median: 9526 (41%)     max: 9654 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 6358     avg: 9988     median: 10199 (22%)     max: 12070 Points
min: 11005     avg: 13516     median: 13988 (31%)     max: 15556 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 3969     avg: 6014     median: 6182 (26%)     max: 6981 Points
min: 6606     avg: 7184     median: 7205 (30%)     max: 7742 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 5184     avg: 7016     median: 7072.5 (18%)     max: 8218 Points
min: 8605     avg: 9432     median: 8957 (22%)     max: 10733 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 5251     avg: 7260     median: 7443 (66%)     max: 8338 Points
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 6122     avg: 9542     median: 9754.5 (59%)     max: 11259 Points
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 4556     avg: 5605     median: 5670 (28%)     max: 6319 Points
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 5429     avg: 6345     median: 6322.5 (21%)     max: 7150 Points
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 3079     avg: 3323     median: 3436 (2%)     max: 3455 Points
min: 7057     avg: 7127     median: 7064 (4%)     max: 7261 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 864     avg: 936     median: 970 (1%)     max: 974 Points
min: 1626     avg: 1816     median: 1823 (2%)     max: 1998 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
6.6 fps (2%)
14 fps (5%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 8.5     avg: 17.5     median: 17 (3%)     max: 39 fps
min: 23     avg: 27     median: 28 (5%)     max: 30 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 16     avg: 40.5     median: 42 (3%)     max: 47 fps
min: 49     avg: 58.7     median: 58 (4%)     max: 69 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 22     avg: 40.2     median: 42 (4%)     max: 48 fps
min: 40     avg: 46.7     median: 48 (5%)     max: 52 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 35     avg: 64.4     median: 69 (1%)     max: 79 fps
min: 60     avg: 75     median: 65 (1%)     max: 100 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 50     avg: 94.7     median: 99.5 (4%)     max: 112 fps
min: 89     avg: 110     median: 90 (4%)     max: 151 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 640
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 85     avg: 158.9     median: 166 (1%)     max: 185 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G78 MP20
min: 125     avg: 173.7     median: 144 (1%)     max: 252 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 204205     avg: 204715     median: 204715 (20%)     max: 205225 Points
min: 270503     avg: 282634     median: 282630 (28%)     max: 294770 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
64.9 fps (2%)
88.8 fps (2%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU OpenCL
2968 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU Vulkan
2419 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 10504     avg: 18251     median: 14922.5 (5%)     max: 40654 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 4244     avg: 11804     median: 5422.5 (9%)     max: 44840 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
7.8 Watt (3%)
min: 8.65     avg: 9.8     median: 10.3 (4%)     max: 10.4 Watt

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100% n=19

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G78 MP20 → 109% n=19

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
200%
Mali-G78 MP20:
60  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 30 40 40 40 59 60 60 ~ 43 fps
81%
Mali-G78 MP20:
30 40 ~ 35 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 640:
30 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 62 ~ 57 fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Battle Bay

Battle Bay

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps
94%
Mali-G78 MP20:
85  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 640:
28 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 ~ 36 fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 ~ 33 fps
Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
120  fps
75%
Mali-G78 MP20:
90  fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G78 MP20 → 113%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 141%

Qualcomm Adreno 640ARM Mali-G78 MP20
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet3060
PUBG Mobile4335
World of Tanks Blitz60
Arena of Valor6057
Shadow Fight 36060
Battle Bay60
Dead Trigger 29085
Asphalt 9: Legends3633
Temple Run 212090
Subway Surfers90
Qualcomm Adreno 640ARM Mali-G78 MP20
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