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Qualcomm Adreno 830 vs Qualcomm Adreno 840

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 840

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The Qualcomm Adreno 840 is an integrated graphics unit in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC for smartphones with three slices with 1.2 GHz each. All three slices can access 18 MB of High Performance Memory (HPM).

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 840 is 23% faster than the previous generation (Adreno 830) and 20% more efficient.

The SoC is manufactured in the modern 3nm (N3P) process at TSMC.

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Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 840
Adreno 800 Series
Adreno 840 @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825 compare
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Adreno 840 @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825 compare
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Pipelines1536 - unified
Core Speed1100 (Boost) MHz1200 (Boost) MHz
CacheL2: 12 MB
Memory TypeLPDDR5xLPDDR5x
Shared Memoryyesyes
technology3 nm3 nm
Displays3 Displays (max.)3 Displays (max.)
Date of Announcement23.10.2024 24.09.2025
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 840GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 58 x 3620 MHz? MHz1200 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 58 x 3320 MHz? MHz1200 MHz
min. - max.? MHz1200 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 15607     avg: 19703     median: 19681 (83%)     max: 22303 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 30587     avg: 35293     median: 35444 (88%)     max: 40163 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 19436     avg: 24763     median: 25231 (13%)     max: 28053 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 4852     avg: 6277     median: 6521 (8%)     max: 7212 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 26     avg: 45.6     median: 46.5 (17%)     max: 53 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 58     avg: 97.5     median: 102 (18%)     max: 118 fps
145 fps (26%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 166     avg: 249.3     median: 259 (19%)     max: 332 fps
350 fps (26%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 146     avg: 190.8     median: 190.5 (18%)     max: 217 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 172     avg: 297.2     median: 298 (6%)     max: 365 fps
397 fps (8%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 188     avg: 417.4     median: 427 (18%)     max: 521 fps
350 fps (15%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 830
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 537     avg: 708     median: 713.5 (6%)     max: 788 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 840
714 fps (6%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 647545     avg: 823720     median: 823720 (82%)     max: 999894 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 522538     avg: 1070510     median: 1114140 (89%)     max: 1250330 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
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
min: 1581     avg: 17871     median: 18584.5 (5%)     max: 20535 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
min: 20591     avg: 24211     median: 24522 (6%)     max: 25984 Points
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 3.54     avg: 10.7     median: 9.4 (4%)     max: 19.3 Watt

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 830 → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 840 → 119% n=5

- 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
ultra
100%
Adreno 830:
41 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.9 60 60 60 60 60 60 60.1 ~ 58 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
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
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
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
high
100%
Adreno 830:
107.1  fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 830 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 840
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal59.8
League of Legends: Wild Rift120119.760
Genshin Impact6058
PUBG Mobile1076040
World of Tanks Blitz120.3
Dead Trigger 2143.4
Asphalt 9: Legends107.1
Qualcomm Adreno 830Qualcomm Adreno 840
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)