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Qualcomm Adreno 642 vs Qualcomm Adreno 685

Qualcomm Adreno 642

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The Qualcomm Adreno 642 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G SoC. The chip will be available from mid 2021 and will be used mainly in upper mid-range Android devices.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 642 GPU offers a 50% improved performance over the Adreno 620, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 768G SoC. This is also thanks to the fast LPDDR4X-4200 memory support of the SoC.

The Adreno 642 supports OpenCL 2.0 FP, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1.

The Snapdragon 780G is manufactured in the modern 5nm LPPE process with EUV at Samsung that should provide a good power efficiency.

Qualcomm Adreno 685

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The Qualcomm Adreno 685 is an integrated graphics card in the Microsoft SQ1 ARM-based SoC. It is similar to the Adreno 680 in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC for Windows laptops but higher clocked and therefore with a higher theoretical performance (2 versus 1.8 TFlops).

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Shared Memoryyesyes
APIOpenGL ES 3.2DirectX 12
technology5 nm7 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
Date of Announcement07.05.2021 06.12.2018
Power Consumption7 Watt
CPU in Adreno 642GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G8 x 1900 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 685GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Microsoft SQ18 x 3000 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
5587 Points (24%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
8380 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
4478 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
6148 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
3212 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
786 Points (1%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
1968 Points (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
1927 Points (2%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Qualcomm Adreno 685
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
373 Points (0%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
18 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
50 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
40 fps (5%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
65 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
90 fps (5%)
31.7 fps (2%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 642
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
153 fps (1%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 685
167.7 fps (1%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
162946 Points (20%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
48 fps (0%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2292 Points (2%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 685 → 72% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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 642:
30  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
med.
100%
Adreno 642:
59  fps
high
100%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 642:
40  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
high
100%
Adreno 642:
60  fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Qualcomm Adreno 642lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet30
PUBG Mobile60596040
Asphalt 9: Legends6060
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