Qualcomm Adreno 740 vs Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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 M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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The Apple M2 Max 38-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 38 cores in the M2 Max Chip.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 512 bit bus (up to 400 GBit/s).
Thanks to the additional cores and architectural improvements, the M2 Max GPU should clearly best the old M1 Max GPU with 32 cores and therefore be the fastest iGPU currently available.
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Max is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC. According to the internal powermetrics tool, the GPU uses up to 53.6 Watt (performance mode) and the whole chip (including the CPU) up to 89 Watt.
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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The Apple M2 Pro 16-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 16 of the 19 cores in the M2 Pro 10-Core Chip.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s).
According to Apple, the performance of the 19-core-GPU should be 30% higher than the old 16-core-GPU in the M1 Pro. Therefore, the cut down 16-core version should still beat the old full-featured 16-core M1 Pro slightly and the old 14-core more clearly.
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Pro is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC.
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| Shared Memory | yes | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 4 nm | 5 nm | 5 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 16.11.2022 | 17.01.2023 | 17.01.2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 38 - unified | 16 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 53 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 740
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 740 → 100% n=8
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU → 607% n=8
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 315% n=8
- 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
Borderlands 3
2019
PUBG Mobile
2018
World of Tanks Blitz
2018
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
Dead Trigger 2
2013
Subway Surfers
2012Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 740 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genshin Impact | 59 | 60.1 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armajet | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PUBG Mobile | 72 | 60 | 60 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead Trigger 2 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 60 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Subway Surfers | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualcomm Adreno 740 | Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU | Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | | | | | | |
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