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Qualcomm Adreno 830 vs Qualcomm Adreno 825

Qualcomm Adreno 830

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The Qualcomm Adreno 830 is an integrated graphics unit in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC for smartphones. The graphics unit offers three slices with 1.1 GHz each. All slices can jointly access 12 MB L2 cache. This is a very large cache for smartphone GPUs.

According to Qualcomm, the GPU is 40% faster than the previous generation (Adreno 750). Initial benchmarks with Qualcomm's reference design show a clear lead over other smartphone GPUs such as the Adreno 750 or the Apple A18 Pro GPU.

The SoC is manufactured in the modern 3nm process at TSMC.

Qualcomm Adreno 825

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The Qualcomm Adreno 825 is an integrated graphics adapter that debuted in April 2025. It has at least 768 unified shaders (more likely is a higher number, such as 1,024 or 1,280) but few specifics are known, as of this writing.

Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 825
Adreno 800 Series
Adreno 840 compare @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Adreno 840 compare @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Pipelines1536 - unified
Core Speed1100 (Boost) MHz
CacheL2: 12 MB
Memory TypeLPDDR5xLPDDR5x
Shared Memoryyesyes
technology3 nm4 nm
Displays3 Displays (max.)2 Displays (max.)
Date of Announcement23.10.2024 02.04.2025
APIOpenGL 2.0, OpenCL 3.2, Vulkan 1.3
CPU in Adreno 830GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy8 x 3530 MHz? MHz1100 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite8 x 3530 MHz? MHz1100 MHz
min. - max.? MHz1100 MHz
CPU in Adreno 825GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SM87358 x 2000 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
min: 1883     avg: 2397     median: 2418 (6%)     max: 2849 Points
min: 1784     avg: 1805     median: 1785 (4%)     max: 1847 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 19436     avg: 24765     median: 25212.5 (13%)     max: 28053 Points
min: 17504     avg: 17778     median: 17885 (9%)     max: 17946 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 4852     avg: 6286     median: 6529.5 (8%)     max: 7212 Points
min: 4408     avg: 4466     median: 4490 (5%)     max: 4499 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
min: 8386     avg: 11134     median: 11680 (5%)     max: 13244 Points
min: 8264     avg: 8393     median: 8357 (4%)     max: 8557 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
min: 1120     avg: 1147     median: 1147 (6%)     max: 1174 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 15607     avg: 19703     median: 19681 (83%)     max: 22303 Points
min: 16582     avg: 17486     median: 17486 (74%)     max: 18390 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 30587     avg: 35293     median: 35444 (88%)     max: 40163 Points
min: 24714     avg: 26213     median: 26212.5 (65%)     max: 27711 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 26     avg: 45.5     median: 46 (17%)     max: 53 fps
min: 31     avg: 33.7     median: 35 (13%)     max: 35 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 58     avg: 97.2     median: 100 (18%)     max: 118 fps
min: 68     avg: 75.3     median: 79 (14%)     max: 79 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 166     avg: 248.9     median: 259 (19%)     max: 332 fps
min: 174     avg: 195.7     median: 205 (15%)     max: 208 fps
min: 136     avg: 140.3     median: 142 (13%)     max: 143 fps
min: 237     avg: 248.3     median: 253 (5%)     max: 255 fps
min: 311     avg: 328     median: 332 (14%)     max: 341 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 830
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 825
min: 570     avg: 582     median: 585 (5%)     max: 590 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 647545     avg: 823720     median: 823720 (82%)     max: 999894 Points
min: 777835     avg: 815057     median: 833213 (58%)     max: 834122 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 336.73     avg: 346     median: 346.5 (9%)     max: 354.81 fps
min: 246.88     avg: 255.1     median: 255.1 (6%)     max: 263.33 fps
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
min: 1581     avg: 17876     median: 18493 (5%)     max: 20535 Points
min: 13397     avg: 13546     median: 13546 (3%)     max: 13695 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
min: 20591     avg: 24223     median: 24543 (6%)     max: 25984 Points
min: 18628     avg: 18816     median: 18815.5 (5%)     max: 19003 Points
min: 7     avg: 10.4     median: 8.9 (3%)     max: 15.2 Watt

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 830 → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 825 → 77% 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
ultra Ultra
100%
Adreno 830:
59.8  fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
100%
Adreno 830:
119.5 119.7 ~ 120 fps
high
100%
Adreno 830:
119.7  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 830:
59.8 59.9 60 ~ 60 fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Adreno 830:
59.4 59.6 59.8 59.8 59.9 ~ 60 fps
99%
Adreno 825:
59.3  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 830:
41 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.9 60 60 60 60 60 60 60.1 ~ 58 fps
102%
Adreno 825:
58.6 59.3 ~ 59 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 830:
59.4 89.4 90 90 90 115.1 117.9 118 118.1 118.4 119.1 119.1 119.1 120 120 ~ 107 fps
110%
Adreno 825:
117.3 119.2 ~ 118 fps
high
100%
Adreno 830:
59.1 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.5 59.7 59.7 59.9 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
Adreno 825:
59.6 59.7 ~ 60 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 830:
39.5 39.6 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
100%
Adreno 825:
39.2 39.8 ~ 40 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
high
100%
Adreno 830:
120.3  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 830:
143.4  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 825:
59  fps
high
100%
Adreno 830:
107.1  fps
69%
Adreno 825:
58.6 89 ~ 74 fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 830 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 825 → 97%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 825
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal59.8
League of Legends: Wild Rift120119.760
Genshin Impact605859.359
PUBG Mobile10760401186040
World of Tanks Blitz120.3
Dead Trigger 2143.4
Asphalt 9: Legends107.15974
Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 825
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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< 120 fps
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)