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Qualcomm Adreno 710 vs Qualcomm Adreno 642 vs Qualcomm Adreno 725

Qualcomm Adreno 710

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The Adreno 710 is a graphics unit for smartphones and tablets, which was first installed in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. The chip has been available since the end of 2023 and is primarily used in Android-based upper mid-range devices.

HDR gaming with 10-bit color depth is possible with the graphics chip, which supports the APIs OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP and Vulkan 1.13.

The GPU is able to control FHD+ displays with up to 144 Hz and offers support for HDR10 and HDR vivid.

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 725

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The Qualcomm Adreno 725 is an integrated graphics unit for smartphones and tablets, which is used in the Snapdragon 7+ Gen. 2 and is designed for smartphones as well as tablets. The associated SoC (system-on-a-chip) was introduced at the beginning of 2023. 

Qualcomm promises a performance increase of up to 100 percent compared with the predecessor Adreno 644.

The Adreno 725 supports all common Android APIs like Vulkan 1.1 and is already prepared for use with the Unreal 5 engine.

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Qualcomm Adreno 710Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 725
Adreno 700 Series
Adreno 750
Adreno 740
Adreno 725 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 722
Adreno 735 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 732
Adreno 730 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 720 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 710 @ 0.8 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 613 @ 0.96 GHz
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Adreno 750
Adreno 740
Adreno 725 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 722
Adreno 735 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 732
Adreno 730 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 720 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 710 @ 0.8 GHz
Core Speed800 (Boost) MHz800 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyesyesyes
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2
technology4 nm5 nm4 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 Announcement30.11.2021 07.05.2021 30.11.2021
CPU in Adreno 710GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 28 x 1950 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 38 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 18 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 642GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G8 x 1900 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 725GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 28 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
min: 201     avg: 238.2     median: 254.5 (1%)     max: 257 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 2311     avg: 2854     median: 3046 (2%)     max: 3502 Points
3212 Points (2%)
7701 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 599     avg: 736     median: 788 (1%)     max: 901 Points
786 Points (1%)
1968 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
5762 Points (25%)
5587 Points (24%)
11837 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
6231 Points (14%)
8380 Points (18%)
20476 Points (45%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 4356     avg: 5091     median: 5090 (21%)     max: 5765 Points
4478 Points (19%)
10274 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 4323     avg: 5373     median: 5490.5 (14%)     max: 6076 Points
6148 Points (15%)
14801 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
0 Points (0%)
6989 Points (62%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
8588 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 4087     avg: 4575     median: 4720.5 (23%)     max: 4773 Points
5098 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 3967     avg: 4639     median: 4845 (16%)     max: 4899 Points
6087 Points (20%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 4.5     avg: 5.5     median: 5.8 (2%)     max: 7.1 fps
16 fps (6%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 10     avg: 12.5     median: 13 (2%)     max: 16 fps
18 fps (3%)
34 fps (6%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 20     avg: 33.2     median: 35 (3%)     max: 44 fps
50 fps (4%)
35 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 23     avg: 26.9     median: 29 (3%)     max: 30 fps
40 fps (4%)
79 fps (7%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 32     avg: 48.4     median: 49.5 (1%)     max: 56 fps
65 fps (1%)
137 fps (3%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 62     avg: 68.6     median: 70 (3%)     max: 76 fps
90 fps (4%)
232 fps (10%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 710
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 105     avg: 116.9     median: 120.5 (1%)     max: 126 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 642
153 fps (1%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 725
359 fps (3%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 0     avg: 70941     median: 70940.5 (7%)     max: 141881 Points
162946 Points (16%)
min: 333810     avg: 347058     median: 347058 (35%)     max: 360306 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 47395     avg: 103976     median: 118294 (9%)     max: 142082 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 38.5     avg: 41.3     median: 40.5 (1%)     max: 45.8 fps
48 fps (1%)
120.9 fps (3%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
38.5 fps (7%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
min: 1323     avg: 1513     median: 1334 (0%)     max: 2243 Points
4056 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
min: 1637     avg: 2122     median: 1671.5 (0%)     max: 3509 Points
5338 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 20418     avg: 26631     median: 27556.5 (9%)     max: 30991 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 24021     avg: 26637     median: 26957 (45%)     max: 28612 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 3.3     avg: 5.2     median: 5 (2%)     max: 9.68 Watt
6.3 Watt (2%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 710 → 100% n=14

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 128% n=14

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 725 → 274% n=14

- 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 710:
29.9 29.9 30 30 59.2 ~ 36 fps
ultra Ultra
100%
Adreno 710:
29.6 29.8 29.9 30 44.6 ~ 33 fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Adreno 710:
28.8 43 43.8 47 47.1 49 59 ~ 45 fps
124%
Adreno 725:
56  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 710:
24 29.3 30 31 39 44 46.6 ~ 35 fps
91%
Adreno 725:
32  fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 642:
30  fps
Adreno 725:
54  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 710:
39 58.6 58.8 59.3 59.6 60 60 60 ~ 57 fps
105%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
105%
Adreno 725:
60  fps
med.
Adreno 642:
59  fps
high
100%
Adreno 710:
30 39.7 40 58.8 59 59.6 60 ~ 50 fps
120%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
120%
Adreno 725:
60  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 710:
39 39.7 40 ~ 40 fps
100%
Adreno 642:
40  fps
100%
Adreno 725:
40  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 710:
60 60 115 ~ 78 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

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

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 710 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 108%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 108%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 725 → 108%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 108%

Qualcomm Adreno 710Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 725
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal3633
Genshin Impact45355632
PUBG Mobile57504060596040606040
Dead Trigger 278
Qualcomm Adreno 710Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 725
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For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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