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Qualcomm Adreno 840 vs Qualcomm Adreno 825

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.

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.

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Qualcomm Adreno 840Qualcomm Adreno 825
Adreno 800 Series
Adreno 840 @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 compare 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Adreno 840 @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 compare 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Core Speed1200 (Boost) MHz
Memory TypeLPDDR5xLPDDR5x
Shared Memoryyesyes
technology3 nm4 nm
Displays3 Displays (max.)2 Displays (max.)
Date of Announcement24.09.2025 02.04.2025
APIOpenGL 2.0, OpenCL 3.2, Vulkan 1.3
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
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: 2566     avg: 2813     median: 2736 (6%)     max: 3101 Points
min: 1784     avg: 1805     median: 1785 (4%)     max: 1847 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 23088     avg: 27201     median: 25947 (13%)     max: 30621 Points
min: 17504     avg: 17778     median: 17885 (9%)     max: 17946 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 6168     avg: 6977     median: 6901 (8%)     max: 8102 Points
min: 4408     avg: 4466     median: 4490 (5%)     max: 4499 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
min: 10958     avg: 12684     median: 12601 (6%)     max: 14225 Points
min: 8264     avg: 8393     median: 8357 (4%)     max: 8557 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
min: 100     avg: 1084     median: 1362.5 (7%)     max: 1512 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 16582     avg: 17486     median: 17486 (74%)     max: 18390 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 24714     avg: 26213     median: 26212.5 (65%)     max: 27711 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 35     avg: 47     median: 47.5 (18%)     max: 58 fps
min: 31     avg: 33.7     median: 35 (13%)     max: 35 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 65     avg: 108.1     median: 111 (20%)     max: 145 fps
min: 68     avg: 75.3     median: 79 (14%)     max: 79 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 203     avg: 284.4     median: 289 (21%)     max: 361 fps
min: 174     avg: 195.7     median: 205 (15%)     max: 208 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 126     avg: 193.8     median: 198.5 (19%)     max: 239 fps
min: 136     avg: 140.3     median: 142 (13%)     max: 143 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 232     avg: 338     median: 340 (7%)     max: 399 fps
min: 237     avg: 248.3     median: 253 (5%)     max: 255 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 327     avg: 407.2     median: 385 (16%)     max: 531 fps
min: 311     avg: 328     median: 332 (14%)     max: 341 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 840
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 537     avg: 724     median: 761 (6%)     max: 917 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 825
min: 570     avg: 582     median: 585 (5%)     max: 590 fps
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 924624     avg: 1112570     median: 1063190 (73%)     max: 1430550 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: 329.68     avg: 336.3     median: 336.3 (8%)     max: 343 fps
min: 246.88     avg: 255.1     median: 255.1 (6%)     max: 263.33 fps
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
min: 18523     avg: 23927     median: 24033 (6%)     max: 27611 Points
min: 13397     avg: 13546     median: 13546 (3%)     max: 13695 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
min: 23872     avg: 26447     median: 27151.5 (7%)     max: 28699 Points
min: 18628     avg: 18816     median: 18815.5 (5%)     max: 19003 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
46302 Points (16%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
75869 Points (100%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 8.54     avg: 11     median: 10.7 (4%)     max: 15.6 Watt
min: 7     avg: 10.4     median: 8.9 (3%)     max: 15.2 Watt

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 840 → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 825 → 71% n=15

- 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 840:
59.8  fps
ultra Ultra
100%
Adreno 840:
58.8 59.5 ~ 59 fps
Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty Mobile

2020
low
100%
Adreno 840:
165.6  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 840:
59.8  fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Adreno 840:
60 60 60.3 ~ 60 fps
99%
Adreno 825:
59.3  fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 840:
40.3 40.4 59.6 60 60 60 60.4 ~ 54 fps
109%
Adreno 825:
58.6 59.3 ~ 59 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Adreno 840:
59.6 60 119.9 ~ 80 fps
148%
Adreno 825:
117.3 119.2 ~ 118 fps
high
100%
Adreno 840:
59.7 60 60 89.9 ~ 67 fps
90%
Adreno 825:
59.6 59.7 ~ 60 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 840:
39.8 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
100%
Adreno 825:
39.2 39.8 ~ 40 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 840:
107  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 825:
59  fps
high
Adreno 825:
58.6 89 ~ 74 fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 840 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 825 → 109%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 99%

Qualcomm Adreno 840Qualcomm Adreno 825
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal59.859
Call of Duty Mobile165.659.8
Genshin Impact605459.359
PUBG Mobile8067401186040
Dead Trigger 2107
Qualcomm Adreno 840Qualcomm Adreno 825
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)