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Qualcomm Adreno 642L vs ARM Mali-G57 MP6 vs Qualcomm Adreno 640

Qualcomm Adreno 642L

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The Qualcomm Adreno 642L is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 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 642L GPU offers a 40% improved performance over the Adreno 620 (compared to the specified +50% of the 642 in the SD 780G), 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 642L supports OpenCL 2.0 FP, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1.

The Snapdragon 778G and therefore also the 642L is manufactured in the modern 6nm UEV process at TSMC that should provide a good power efficiency.

ARM Mali-G57 MP6

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The ARM Mali-G57 MP6 is an integrated mid-range graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced mid 2020 in the HiSilicon Kirin 820 and uses 6 clusters (hence the MP6 name). 

The G57 is based on the new Valhall architecture and is intended for mainstream phones. 

The performance of the G57MP6 in our benchmarks (in the Kirin 820 / Huawei P40 Lite) is comparable to the Adreno 620 (e.g. Oppo Find X2) and ARM Mali-G72 MP18 (Note10 Lite).

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

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.

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Qualcomm Adreno 642LARM Mali-G57 MP6Qualcomm Adreno 640
Adreno 600 Series
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Mali-G78 MP24 24
Mali-G78 MP22 24
Mali-G78 MP20 24
Mali-G78 MP14 14
Mali-G77 MP11 11
Mali-G77 MP9 9
Mali-G76 MP16 16
Mali-G76 MP12 10
Mali-G76 MP10 10 @ 0.72 GHz
Mali-G68 MP5 5
Mali-G57 MP6 6
Mali-G57 MP5 5
Mali-G72 MP18 18 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP20 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G72 MP12 12 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP8 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G76 MP4 4 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G71 MP2 2 @ 0.77 GHz
Mali-G72 MP3 3 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G68 MP4 4
Mali-G52 MP6 6
Mali-G68 MP2 2
Mali-G52 MP2 2 @ 0.95 GHz
Mali-G52 MP1 1 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G57 MP4 4
Mali-G57 MP3 3
Mali-G57 MP2 2
Mali-G57 MP1 1
Mali-G51 MP4 4 @ 0.65 GHz
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Shared Memoryyesnoyes
APIOpenGL ES 3.2DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2
technology6 nm7 nm10 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
Date of Announcement07.05.2021 03.07.2020 12.02.2018
CodenameValhall
ArchitectureBifrost
Pipelines6 - unified
Link to Manufacturer Pagedeveloper.arm.com
CPU in Adreno 642LGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 5G8 x 1900 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G8 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G8 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz
CPU in Mali-G57 MP6GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
HiSilicon Kirin 8208 x 1840 MHz? MHz? MHz
HiSilicon Kirin 820e8 x 1840 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz
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.? MHz585 - ? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 88482     avg: 89308     median: 89307.5 (10%)     max: 90133 Points
57067 Points (6%)
min: 97354     avg: 108080     median: 106829 (12%)     max: 118129 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 6398     avg: 6666     median: 6638 (29%)     max: 7281 Points
5853 Points (25%)
min: 5268     avg: 7441     median: 7659 (33%)     max: 8661 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 7199     avg: 7627     median: 7536 (17%)     max: 8605 Points
6327 Points (14%)
min: 6358     avg: 9988     median: 10199 (22%)     max: 12070 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 5032     avg: 5413     median: 5393.5 (27%)     max: 5763 Points
min: 4281     avg: 4563     median: 4563 (23%)     max: 4845 Points
min: 3969     avg: 6014     median: 6182 (31%)     max: 6981 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 5103     avg: 5654     median: 5612 (17%)     max: 6240 Points
min: 4472     avg: 4689     median: 4689 (14%)     max: 4906 Points
min: 5184     avg: 7016     median: 7072.5 (21%)     max: 8218 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 2321     avg: 2517     median: 2493.5 (1%)     max: 2831 Points
1886 Points (1%)
min: 3079     avg: 3323     median: 3436 (2%)     max: 3455 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 681     avg: 696     median: 687.5 (1%)     max: 768 Points
609 Points (1%)
min: 864     avg: 936     median: 970 (1%)     max: 974 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 5.9     avg: 6.2     median: 6.1 (2%)     max: 6.7 fps
4.8 fps (2%)
6.6 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 13     avg: 13.6     median: 13.5 (2%)     max: 15 fps
min: 10     avg: 11     median: 11 (2%)     max: 12 fps
min: 8.5     avg: 17.5     median: 17 (3%)     max: 39 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 34     avg: 36.4     median: 36 (3%)     max: 40 fps
min: 29     avg: 30     median: 30 (2%)     max: 31 fps
min: 16     avg: 40.5     median: 42 (3%)     max: 47 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 33     avg: 33.7     median: 33 (4%)     max: 37 fps
min: 21     avg: 24     median: 24 (3%)     max: 27 fps
min: 22     avg: 40.2     median: 42 (5%)     max: 48 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 56     avg: 57.7     median: 57 (1%)     max: 64 fps
min: 44     avg: 45.5     median: 45.5 (1%)     max: 47 fps
min: 35     avg: 64.4     median: 69 (1%)     max: 79 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 77     avg: 79.1     median: 78 (5%)     max: 89 fps
min: 63     avg: 66     median: 66 (4%)     max: 69 fps
min: 50     avg: 94.7     median: 99.5 (6%)     max: 112 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 642L
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 132     avg: 134.9     median: 133 (1%)     max: 148 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G57 MP6
min: 103     avg: 107.5     median: 107.5 (1%)     max: 112 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 640
min: 85     avg: 158.9     median: 166 (1%)     max: 185 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 135972     avg: 157798     median: 157454 (20%)     max: 175807 Points
83516 Points (10%)
min: 204205     avg: 204715     median: 204715 (26%)     max: 205225 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 45.96     avg: 49.6     median: 46.9 (0%)     max: 54.4 fps
34.9 fps (0%)
64.9 fps (0%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
2968 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
2419 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 23666     avg: 31803     median: 30994 (31%)     max: 38436 Points
min: 12491     avg: 22356     median: 22356 (22%)     max: 32221 Points
min: 10504     avg: 18251     median: 14922.5 (15%)     max: 40654 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 26134     avg: 36660     median: 40236 (70%)     max: 43000 Points
min: 4354     avg: 6862     median: 6861.5 (12%)     max: 9369 Points
min: 4244     avg: 11804     median: 5422.5 (9%)     max: 44840 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 0     avg: 4.3     median: 4 (2%)     max: 9.27 Watt
4.6 Watt (2%)
7.8 Watt (3%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 642L → 100% n=18

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G57 MP6 → 75% n=18

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 115% n=18

- 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.

Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal

2022
low Medium
100%
Adreno 642L:
59 59 ~ 59 fps
ultra Ultra
100%
Adreno 642L:
51 60 ~ 56 fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
ultra
100%
Adreno 642L:
61  fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
Adreno 642L:
60 60 60 60 89 99 103 119 120 121 ~ 89 fps
34%
Adreno 640:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 642L:
40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
34%
Mali-G57 MP6:
20 20 ~ 20 fps
med.
100%
Adreno 642L:
40 40 ~ 40 fps
high
100%
Adreno 642L:
30 30 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 38 fps
66%
Mali-G57 MP6:
20 30 ~ 25 fps
113%
Adreno 640:
30 30 30 40 40 40 59 60 60 ~ 43 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
low
Mali-G57 MP6:
60  fps
high
Mali-G57 MP6:
60  fps
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

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

Shadow Fight 3

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

Battle Bay

2018
high
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 642L:
60  fps
150%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 642L:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
100%
Mali-G57 MP6:
30  fps
120%
Adreno 640:
28 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 ~ 36 fps
high
100%
Adreno 642L:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
100%
Mali-G57 MP6:
30  fps
110%
Adreno 640:
28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 ~ 33 fps
Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2

2013
high
Adreno 640:
120  fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
100%
Adreno 642L:
90  fps
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 642L → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G57 MP6 → 75%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 104%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 114%

Qualcomm Adreno 642Llowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal5956
League of Legends: Wild Rift61
Armajet89
PUBG Mobile584038
Dead Trigger 260
Asphalt 9: Legends3030
Subway Surfers90
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< 60 fps
< 120 fps
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Qualcomm Adreno 640lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet30
PUBG Mobile43
World of Tanks Blitz60
Arena of Valor6057
Shadow Fight 36060
Battle Bay60
Dead Trigger 290
Asphalt 9: Legends3633
Temple Run 2120
Subway Surfers90
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< 120 fps
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World of Tanks Blitz6060
Asphalt 9: Legends3030
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