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Qualcomm Adreno 650 vs ARM Mali-G72 MP12 vs ARM Mali-G52 MP2

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.

ARM Mali-G72 MP12

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The ARM Mali-G72 MP12 is an integrated high-end graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced in October 2017 in the Huawei Mate 10 and uses 12 clusters (hence the MP12 name). In our benchmarks it performs between a Adreno 530 and 540 and is therefore suitable for demanding mobile games.

The G72 is based on the second generation of the Bifrost architecture and offers improvements in the machine learning efficiency and a bigger tile buffer for 16x anti-aliasing.

The GPU supports all modern graphics APIs like OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12 FL11_1 and Renderscript.

ARM Mali-G52 MP2

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The ARM Mali-G52 MP2 (or G52MC2) is an integrated mid-range graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced mid 2020 in the MediaTek Helio G80 with a clock speed of up to 950 MHz.

The G52 is based on the Bifrost architecture and is intended for mainstream phones. ARM claims that the G52 series offers 30% more performance density and 15% better energy efficiency compared to the ARM Mali G51 series.

The performance of the G52MP2 in our benchmarks (in the Helio G80) is comparable to the Adreno 612 and ARM Mali-G72 MP3 (thanks to the high clock speed of the G52MP2).

The GPU supports all modern graphics APIs like OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.0 and Renderscript.

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Qualcomm Adreno 650ARM Mali-G72 MP12ARM Mali-G52 MP2
Mali-G 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 613 @ 0.96 GHz
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
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
ArchitectureAdreno 600BifrostBifrost
Core Speed250 - 670 (Boost) MHz850 MHz950 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyesnono
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2
technology7 nm16 nm12 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1OpenGL® ES 1.1, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2 Vulkan 1.0 OpenCL™ 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 Full Profile, RenderScript
Date of Announcement04.12.2019 18.10.2017 06.03.2018
Pipelines12 - unified2 - unified
Link to Manufacturer Pagedeveloper.arm.comdeveloper.arm.com
CacheL2: 128 KB
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 MHz587 - 670 MHz
CPU in Mali-G72 MP12GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
HiSilicon Kirin 9708 x 2400 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Mali-G52 MP2GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
MediaTek Kompanio 5208 x 2000 MHz? MHz? MHz
Mediatek Helio P658 x 2000 MHz820 MHz? MHz
UNISOC T6188 x 2000 MHz850 MHz? MHz
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min. - max.? - 850 MHz? - 1000 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 3789     avg: 4168     median: 4230 (2%)     max: 5039 Points
min: 289     avg: 692     median: 713.5 (0%)     max: 757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 1103     avg: 1218     median: 1223 (1%)     max: 1246 Points
min: 72     avg: 175.3     median: 180 (0%)     max: 201 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 110875     avg: 149779     median: 149017 (15%)     max: 180392 Points
min: 22429     avg: 32596     median: 33740 (3%)     max: 36231 Points
min: 22232     avg: 24576     median: 25142 (3%)     max: 27034 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 7970     avg: 9563     median: 9684 (42%)     max: 11492 Points
min: 2021     avg: 3208     median: 3360.5 (15%)     max: 3710 Points
min: 1595     avg: 1884     median: 1837 (8%)     max: 2243 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 11617     avg: 13051     median: 12858 (28%)     max: 16809 Points
min: 2062     avg: 3386     median: 3545 (8%)     max: 4040 Points
min: 1464     avg: 1739     median: 1688.5 (4%)     max: 2069 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 6960     avg: 8089     median: 8085 (34%)     max: 8975 Points
min: 2487     avg: 2882     median: 2961.5 (12%)     max: 3070 Points
min: 596     avg: 1362     median: 1393 (6%)     max: 1628 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 8593     avg: 9728     median: 9498 (24%)     max: 11999 Points
min: 2597     avg: 2945     median: 3012.5 (8%)     max: 3109 Points
min: 530     avg: 1211     median: 1243 (3%)     max: 1875 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 8215     avg: 8929     median: 8867 (79%)     max: 10046 Points
min: 1943     avg: 3155     median: 3316.5 (29%)     max: 3487 Points
min: 1229     avg: 1861     median: 1841.5 (16%)     max: 2239 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 10599     avg: 11936     median: 11577.5 (69%)     max: 14283 Points
min: 1954     avg: 3305     median: 3468.5 (21%)     max: 3734 Points
min: 1093     avg: 1719     median: 1699 (10%)     max: 2085 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 5996     avg: 7150     median: 7178 (35%)     max: 7881 Points
min: 2850     avg: 2958     median: 2981 (15%)     max: 2999 Points
min: 567     avg: 1338     median: 1393.5 (7%)     max: 1515 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 6500     avg: 8287     median: 8299 (28%)     max: 9167 Points
min: 2844     avg: 2994     median: 3014.5 (10%)     max: 3040 Points
min: 517     avg: 1180     median: 1240 (4%)     max: 1326 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 9.7     avg: 9.9     median: 10 (4%)     max: 10 fps
min: 0.6     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (1%)     max: 1.7 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 18     avg: 21.1     median: 21 (4%)     max: 27 fps
min: 8.4     avg: 8.6     median: 8.6 (2%)     max: 8.7 fps
min: 1.4     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (1%)     max: 4.1 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 27     avg: 55     median: 55 (4%)     max: 67 fps
min: 10     avg: 20.6     median: 23 (2%)     max: 24 fps
min: 3.9     avg: 8.8     median: 8.9 (1%)     max: 11 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 39     avg: 52.6     median: 51 (5%)     max: 62 fps
min: 11     avg: 20.4     median: 21 (2%)     max: 23 fps
min: 3.8     avg: 8.7     median: 9.1 (1%)     max: 13 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 67     avg: 87.2     median: 88 (2%)     max: 103 fps
min: 19     avg: 33.9     median: 38.5 (1%)     max: 39 fps
min: 6.4     avg: 14.3     median: 15 (0%)     max: 16 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 96     avg: 125.1     median: 125 (5%)     max: 151 fps
min: 23     avg: 54.6     median: 59 (2%)     max: 66 fps
min: 1     avg: 22.8     median: 24 (1%)     max: 27 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 650
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 168     avg: 209.5     median: 206 (2%)     max: 266 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G72 MP12
min: 45     avg: 108     median: 118 (1%)     max: 125 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G52 MP2
min: 18     avg: 40.7     median: 42.5 (0%)     max: 46 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 214123     avg: 240087     median: 240035 (24%)     max: 276746 Points
min: 15389     avg: 39780     median: 38986 (4%)     max: 60674 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 35339     avg: 39628     median: 40287 (3%)     max: 42603 Points
Basemark X 1.1 - Basemark X 1.1 High Quality
25922 Points (59%)
Basemark X 1.1 - Basemark X 1.1 Medium Quality
39033 Points (87%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 72.6     avg: 75.5     median: 75 (2%)     max: 78.57 fps
min: 12.07     avg: 16.6     median: 17.4 (0%)     max: 18.95 fps
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
2688 Points (1%)
min: 529     avg: 803     median: 802.5 (0%)     max: 1076 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
2532 Points (1%)
min: 997     avg: 1050     median: 1009 (0%)     max: 1145 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
54110 Points (19%)
8180 Points (3%)
min: 12281     avg: 20861     median: 22840 (8%)     max: 25138 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
42627 Points (56%)
3761 Points (5%)
min: 14908     avg: 16129     median: 15593.5 (21%)     max: 18264 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 5.18     avg: 8.2     median: 7.6 (3%)     max: 12.7 Watt
min: 2.42     avg: 4.6     median: 4.3 (2%)     max: 7.73 Watt

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G72 MP12 → 35% n=17

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G52 MP2 → 20% n=17

- 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.

Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal

2022
low Medium
100%
Adreno 650:
60  fps
50%
Mali-G52 MP2:
30 30 30 30 ~ 30 fps
ultra Ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
60  fps
50%
Mali-G52 MP2:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
100%
Adreno 650:
60 119 ~ 90 fps
high
100%
Adreno 650:
60 117 ~ 89 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
60 118 ~ 89 fps
Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty Mobile

2020
ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
60  fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Adreno 650:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
45%
Mali-G52 MP2:
18 26 27 27.8 29.2 33 ~ 27 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
35%
Mali-G52 MP2:
15 17.9 21 23.6 25.7 ~ 21 fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 52 59 60 60 60 60 62 64 85 91 114 117 119 120 ~ 71 fps
73%
Mali-G52 MP2:
30 30 44 53 53 56 57 57 57 60 61 67 ~ 52 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 650:
40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 90 90 ~ 61 fps
52%
Mali-G72 MP12:
32  fps
61%
Mali-G52 MP2:
30 30 30 35 35.5 35.9 37 37.1 38 38 39 39 39 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 37 fps
med.
100%
Adreno 650:
40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
57%
Mali-G52 MP2:
19 29 30 30 30 34 39 40 40 40 ~ 33 fps
high
100%
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
64%
Mali-G72 MP12:
32 32 33 40 ~ 34 fps
55%
Mali-G52 MP2:
17 20 28 28 28.6 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 ~ 29 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
low
Mali-G52 MP2:
60  fps
high
Mali-G72 MP12:
60  fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
100%
Adreno 650:
60 60 62 ~ 61 fps
70%
Mali-G72 MP12:
31 55 ~ 43 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 650:
60 60 61 ~ 60 fps
83%
Mali-G72 MP12:
30 54 58 58 ~ 50 fps
50%
Mali-G52 MP2:
30  fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
low
Mali-G72 MP12:
60  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 650:
60 60 90 105 142 144 ~ 100 fps
37%
Mali-G72 MP12:
30 30 30 59 ~ 37 fps
58%
Mali-G52 MP2:
52.5 59 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
Asphalt 8: Airborne

Asphalt 8: Airborne

2013
low
Mali-G72 MP12:
30 30 30 ~ 30 fps
high
Mali-G72 MP12:
29 29 30 30 ~ 30 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 650:
30 30 60 60 ~ 45 fps
67%
Mali-G72 MP12:
30  fps
64%
Mali-G52 MP2:
28 29 30 30 30 ~ 29 fps
high
100%
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 58 60 60 60 ~ 41 fps
73%
Mali-G72 MP12:
30  fps
68%
Mali-G52 MP2:
24 27 30 30 30 ~ 28 fps
Real Racing 3

Real Racing 3

2013
high
100%
Adreno 650:
60 144 ~ 102 fps
50%
Mali-G72 MP12:
51  fps
52%
Mali-G52 MP2:
53  fps
Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2

2013
high
Mali-G52 MP2:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
Mali-G52 MP2:
60  fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G72 MP12 → 62%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 60%

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G52 MP2 → 55%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 60%

Qualcomm Adreno 650ARM Mali-G72 MP12ARM Mali-G52 MP2
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal60603030
League of Legends: Wild Rift908989
Call of Duty Mobile60
Genshin Impact60602721
Armajet7152
PUBG Mobile615853403234373329
Arena of Valor6160435030
Dead Trigger 21003758
Asphalt 9: Legends454130302928
Real Racing 31025153
Qualcomm Adreno 650ARM Mali-G72 MP12ARM Mali-G52 MP2
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< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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