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Qualcomm Adreno 643 vs Qualcomm Adreno 650 vs Qualcomm Adreno 642L

Qualcomm Adreno 643

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The Qualcomm Adreno 643 is an integrated graphics unit (iGPU) that is used in the Qualcomm QCM6490 and QCS6490. The SoC is not only intended for use in Android-based smartphones and tablets, but also for IoT products with Linux, Ubuntu or Windows 11 IoT Enterprise. In the QCM6490 and QCS6490 the 643 clocks at 812 MHz.

Qualcomm Adreno 650

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The Qualcomm Adreno 650 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 865+ and 870 SoCs. The chip will be available from early 2020 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices. The base clock speed of the GPU is 250 MHz and the boost depends on the used SoC. For the 865 it is 587 MHz, the 865 Plus increased to 846 MHz and the 2021 870 reached 670 MHz.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 650 GPU offers a 25% improved performance over the Adreno 640, its predecessor, which is integrated into the Snapdragon 855 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 650 having 50% more compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 640. Furthermore, the clock speed of the pixel shaders was also increased by 50%.

The performance in our first benchmarks of a reference system positions itself above the ARM Mali-G76 MP16 and e.g. in 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme even on the top spot. In GFXBench only the Apple A13 GPU is able to best the Adreno 650 (regarding smartphone GPUs).

As a novelty, the GPU driver can be updated in the Android Play Store. Furthermore, some features are running under the Elite Gaming brand (e.g., 144 Hz display support, desktop forward rendering). 

The Adreno 650 supports Vulkan 1.1, DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2.0 FP. Furthermore, games and videos can use HDR10+ and Dolby Vision (with a supported display). The 650 supports 2 displays with up to 4K 60 Hz / QHD+ 144 Hz.

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.

Qualcomm Adreno 643Qualcomm Adreno 650Qualcomm Adreno 642L
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
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
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
Core Speed812 MHz250 - 670 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyesyesyes
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.xDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2
technology6 nm7 nm6 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
Date of Announcement12.08.2021 04.12.2019 07.05.2021
ArchitectureAdreno 600
CPU in Adreno 643GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm QCM64908 x 1960 MHz812 MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 650GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G8 x 2420 MHz, 5 W? MHz670 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)8 x 2420 MHz, 5 W250 MHz646 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8658 x 2420 MHz, 5 W250 MHz587 MHz
min. - max.250 - 812 MHz587 - ? MHz
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.? - 812 MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

min: 88482     avg: 89308     median: 89307.5 (10%)     max: 90133 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 7970     avg: 9563     median: 9684 (42%)     max: 11492 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 11617     avg: 13051     median: 12858 (28%)     max: 16809 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
6499 Points (32%)
min: 6960     avg: 8089     median: 8085 (40%)     max: 8975 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
7131 Points (21%)
min: 8593     avg: 9728     median: 9498 (28%)     max: 11999 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
3135 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
887 Points (1%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
8.2 fps (3%)
min: 9.7     avg: 9.9     median: 10 (4%)     max: 10 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
18 fps (3%)
min: 18     avg: 21.1     median: 21 (4%)     max: 27 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
49 fps (4%)
min: 27     avg: 55     median: 55 (4%)     max: 67 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
40 fps (5%)
min: 39     avg: 52.6     median: 51 (6%)     max: 62 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
69 fps (1%)
min: 67     avg: 87.2     median: 88 (2%)     max: 103 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
90 fps (5%)
min: 96     avg: 125.1     median: 125 (7%)     max: 151 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 643
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
159 fps (1%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 650
min: 168     avg: 209.5     median: 206 (2%)     max: 266 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 642L
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
192996 Points (24%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
51.8 fps (0%)
min: 72.6     avg: 75.5     median: 75 (0%)     max: 78.57 fps
min: 45.96     avg: 49.6     median: 46.9 (0%)     max: 54.4 fps
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
2937 Points (1%)
2688 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
3054 Points (1%)
2532 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
54110 Points (54%)
min: 23666     avg: 31803     median: 30994 (31%)     max: 38436 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
42627 Points (75%)
min: 26134     avg: 36660     median: 40236 (70%)     max: 43000 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
5.9 Watt (2%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 643 → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 129% n=13

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 642L → 81% n=13

- 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
Adreno 650:
60  fps
Adreno 642L:
59 59 ~ 59 fps
ultra Ultra
Adreno 650:
60  fps
Adreno 642L:
51 60 ~ 56 fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
Adreno 650:
60 119 ~ 90 fps
high
Adreno 650:
60 117 ~ 89 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
60 118 ~ 89 fps
Adreno 642L:
61  fps
Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty Mobile

2020
ultra
Adreno 650:
60  fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Adreno 643:
58  fps
103%
Adreno 650:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
med.
100%
Adreno 643:
40  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 643:
38  fps
158%
Adreno 650:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 52 59 60 60 60 60 62 64 85 91 114 117 119 120 ~ 71 fps
Adreno 642L:
60 60 60 60 89 99 103 119 120 121 ~ 89 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 643:
60  fps
102%
Adreno 650:
40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 90 90 ~ 61 fps
97%
Adreno 642L:
40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
med.
100%
Adreno 643:
40  fps
145%
Adreno 650:
40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
100%
Adreno 642L:
40 40 ~ 40 fps
high
100%
Adreno 643:
40  fps
133%
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 30 30 39 40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 53 fps
95%
Adreno 642L:
30 30 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 38 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
Adreno 650:
60 60 62 ~ 61 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
60 60 61 ~ 60 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 643:
60  fps
167%
Adreno 650:
60 60 90 105 142 144 ~ 100 fps
100%
Adreno 642L:
60  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 650:
30 30 60 60 ~ 45 fps
Adreno 642L:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
high
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 58 60 60 60 ~ 41 fps
Adreno 642L:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
Real Racing 3

Real Racing 3

2013
high
Adreno 650:
60 144 ~ 102 fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
Adreno 642L:
90  fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 643 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 135%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 128%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 642L → 98%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 98%

Qualcomm Adreno 650lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal6060
League of Legends: Wild Rift908989
Call of Duty Mobile60
Genshin Impact6060
Armajet71
PUBG Mobile61585340
Arena of Valor6160
Dead Trigger 2100
Asphalt 9: Legends4541
Real Racing 3102
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< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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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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