Qualcomm Adreno 740 vs Apple A16 GPU 5-Core vs Qualcomm Adreno 735
Qualcomm Adreno 740
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The Qualcomm Adreno 740 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The chip will be available starting early 2023 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.
According to Qualcomm, the Adreno GPU offers a 25% improved performance compared to the Adreno 730 predecessor in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. First benchmarks show that the Adreno GPU can even beat the Apple A16 GPU (iPhone 14 Pro series) in synthetic benchmarks. Therefore, the Adreno 740 is the fastest graphics chip for smartphones in 2022.
The iGPU supports hardware accelerated ray tracing and a game post processing accelerator (for bloom, depth of field and motion blur). Another first, is the support for Vulkan 1.3.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is produced in the modern 4nm process at TSMC.
Apple A16 GPU 5-Core
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The Apple A16 Bionic 5-core GPU is an integrated graphics card in the Apple A16 Bionic SoCs (used in the 2022 Apple iPhone 16 Pro models). According to Apple, the iGPU offers a 50% increased memory bandwidth thanks to the switch from LPDDR4X to LPDDR5.
In first benchmarks, the A16 GPU is around 19 percent faster than the previous generation (A15 5-core GPU) and therefore currently the fastest graphics card for smartphones (e.g. clearly faster than the Adreno 730 in the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1).
The A16 is produced in the new 4nm process at TSMC and should be very energy efficient.
Qualcomm Adreno 735
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The Qualcomm Adreno 735 (Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 GPU) is an integrated graphics unit (iGPU) for smartphones and tablets. The associated SoC (system-on-a-chip), the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 was unveiled at the end of 2023 and can be found in Android-based high-end devices in 2024.
According to initial benchmarks, the GPU's performance is between the Adreno 730 in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the Adreno 740 in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
The GPU supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing and a game post processing accelerator (Bloom, Depth of Field, Motion Blur is accelerated). The following graphics APIs are supported: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3.
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| Shared Memory | yes | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3 | DirectX 11, OpenGL ES 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 4 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 16.11.2022 | 07.09.2022 | 13.04.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Crete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 5 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 800 (Boost) MHz |
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Benchmarks
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 740
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 740 → 100% n=11
Average Benchmarks Apple A16 GPU 5-Core → 83% n=11
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 735 → 84% n=11
- 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
2022
Genshin Impact
2020
PUBG Mobile
2018
World of Tanks Blitz
2018
Subway Surfers
2012Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 740 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 735 → 88%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 88%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Diablo Immortal | 60 | 60 | 59.2 | 59.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genshin Impact | 59 | 60.1 | 60 | 44 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| Armajet | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PUBG Mobile | 72 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 69 | 60 | 40 | ||||||||||||||
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead Trigger 2 | 116 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 60 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Subway Surfers | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 | 2 | 5 1 | 1 2 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 1 | | 2 | 3 | | |
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