PowerVR G6400

The PowerVR G6400 from Imagination Technologies is a fast mobile graphics solution that is used in tablet and smartphone SoCs like the Intel Merrifield series (e.g., Atom Z3460). Chips including this GPU are available from G2 2014 on and the performance is situated in the low high-end.

Architecture and Performance

The GPU is based on the series 6 (Rogue) and integrates four clusters with two TMUs each and a scalar Unified Shader architecture. The chip does offer more than twice of the performance compared to the SGX543MP3 from the Apple A6, while maintaining the same clocks. Even very demanding mobile games can be played without problems (as of 2013). Among others, the GPU supports OpenGL 3.x/4.x, OpenGL ES 3.0 as well as DirectX 10.

Energy Consumption

The manufacturer designed the PowerVR G6400 as a comparatively "wide" chip to achieve a high performance and a high energy efficiency at the same time. As a result, SoCs with the G6400 can also be used in smartphones. However, it does occupy a comparatively large area on the chip in return.

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen

15933 Points (3%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		15933

PowerVR SGX531 -97%

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PowerVR SGX554MP4 -27%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -27%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 -26%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 -19%

ARM Mali-T830 MP3 -16%

PowerVR GX6250 -13%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -9%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 -8%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 -2%

PowerVR G6400

Qualcomm Adreno 330 12%

PowerVR G6430 12%

Qualcomm Adreno 508 15%

ARM Mali-G51 MP4 16%

ARM Mali-T880 MP4 21%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 26%

ARM Mali-T760 MP6 27%

AMD Radeon R6 (Mullins) 29%

Qualcomm Adreno 509 31%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 2684%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080

10221 Points (1%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		10221

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU

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ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -38%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 -30%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -28%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 -28%

PowerVR G6430 -26%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 -22%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -15%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 -12%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 -11%

PowerVR G6400

Qualcomm Adreno 418 2%

Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) 38%

AMD Radeon HD 8330 38%

Intel UHD Graphics 600 40%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 40%

AMD Radeon HD 8210 42%

AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) 45%

Intel HD Graphics 500 49%

NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) 53%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 3712%

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080

23.6 fps (1%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		23.6

PowerVR SGX531 -98%

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Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -33%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -33%

ARM Mali-T760 MP4 -32%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 -30%

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -29%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 -23%

ARM Mali-G71 MP2 -13%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 -8%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -2%

PowerVR G6400

Qualcomm Adreno 330 0%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 4%

AMD Radeon HD 8210 6%

PowerVR GX6250 6%

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 14%

PowerVR G6430 17%

Qualcomm Adreno 508 26%

Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) 29%

Qualcomm Adreno 510 30%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 5684%

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T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16

33.3 fps (7%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		33.3

PowerVR SGX531 -97%

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NVIDIA GeForce 840M -10%

AMD Radeon R5 M335 -9%

Intel HD Graphics 4600 -7%

ARM Mali-G72 MP3 -7%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) -7%

Qualcomm Adreno 510 -3%

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -3%

ARM Mali-T880 MP4 -2%

ARM Mali-T830 MP3 -1%

PowerVR G6400

Qualcomm Adreno 509 3%

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 3%

AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) 8%

AMD Radeon HD 8470D 8%

ARM Mali-G51 MP4 8%

Intel HD Graphics 4200 8%

Intel HD Graphics 515 12%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 26%

Intel HD Graphics (Braswell) 29%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 1275%

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen

8.9 fps (2%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		8.9

PowerVR SGX544MP2

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ARM Mali-T830 MP1 -42%

Qualcomm Adreno 405 -32%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -27%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 -23%

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -21%

ARM Mali-T760 MP4 -20%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 -18%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 -14%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -1%

PowerVR G6400

Qualcomm Adreno 506 3%

ARM Mali-G71 MP2 8%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 17%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 18%

PowerVR GX6250 30%

PowerVR G6430 34%

AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) 34%

ARM Mali-T760 MP6 54%

Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) 54%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 6024%

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Onscreen OGL on screen

15.8 fps (4%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		15.8

ARM Mali-450 MP4

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Qualcomm Adreno 509 -6%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) -5%

ARM Mali-T830 MP3 -5%

AMD Radeon R7 M340 -5%

ARM Mali-T880 MP4 -4%

AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) -4%

Intel HD Graphics 4400 -4%

AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) -1%

AMD Radeon HD 8610G -1%

PowerVR G6400

AMD Radeon R5 M335 11%

AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) 12%

AMD Radeon R6 M340DX 13%

ARM Mali-G72 MP3 14%

Intel HD Graphics 515 17%

AMD Radeon R5 M430 18%

ARM Mali-G51 MP4 20%

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) 30%

Qualcomm Adreno 512 38%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 2210%

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Basemark ES 2.0 - Taiji Free

55.4 fps (91%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		55.37

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -92%

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Qualcomm Adreno 225 -30%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV -26%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 -21%

Qualcomm Adreno 510 -19%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -16%

Qualcomm Adreno 320 -15%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -11%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 -7%

PowerVR G6430 -2%

PowerVR G6400

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 4%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 6%

ARM Mali-T624 7%

Qualcomm Adreno 420 7%

Qualcomm Adreno 405 8%

Intel HD Graphics 615 8%

NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU 8%

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 8%

Qualcomm Adreno 430 8%

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PowerVR G6200 9%

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Basemark X 1.1 - High Quality

9700 fps (22%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		9700

Broadcom VideoCore-IV

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Qualcomm Adreno 320 -44%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 -38%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -34%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -31%

Qualcomm Adreno 405 -31%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 -20%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 -17%

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -12%

PowerVR G6430 -10%

PowerVR G6400

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 1%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 2%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 8%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 19%

Qualcomm Adreno 418 32%

Qualcomm Adreno 510 56%

PowerVR GX6450 66%

ARM Mali-T880 MP4 72%

Qualcomm Adreno 420 91%

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ARM Mali-G71 MP20 331%

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Basemark X 1.1 - Medium Quality

16066 fps (36%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		16066

Qualcomm Adreno 304

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ARM Mali-400 MP4 -60%

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 -54%

Qualcomm Adreno 405 -39%

ARM Mali-450 MP4 -39%

ARM Mali-T760 MP2 -30%

Qualcomm Adreno 320 -28%

ARM Mali-T624 -24%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -20%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -13%

PowerVR G6400

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 3%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 3%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 10%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 12%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 20%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 22%

PowerVR G6430 23%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 32%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 42%

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Qualcomm Adreno 540 178%

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NenaMark2

60.1 fps (89%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		60.1

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -58%

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Vivante GC800 0%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 0%

PowerVR G6430 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 405 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 320 0%

PowerVR SGX544MP2 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 420 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 430 0%

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 0%

PowerVR G6400

PowerVR G6200 0%

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PowerVR G6200 0%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 2D Graphics Tests

3769 Points (20%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		3769

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -93%

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Qualcomm Adreno 405 -22%

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 -22%

PowerVR GXA6850 -22%

Vivante GC7000UL -20%

Qualcomm Adreno 420 -18%

Qualcomm Adreno 506 -15%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 -12%

ARM Mali-T624 -2%

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -2%

PowerVR G6400

ARM Mali-T760 MP2 3%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 5%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 7%

PowerVR G6200 7%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 9%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 11%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT 13%

Qualcomm Adreno 418 25%

Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600 27%

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Intel HD Graphics 615 392%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 3D Graphics Tests

1090 Points (19%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		1090

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -68%

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Qualcomm Adreno 405 -14%

Qualcomm Adreno 320 -13%

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 -12%

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 -10%

PowerVR G6200 -8%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 -5%

ARM Mali-T624 -2%

ARM Mali-450 MP4 -2%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 0%

PowerVR G6400

PowerVR SGX544MP2 4%

PowerVR GXA6850 6%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT 8%

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 9%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 9%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 12%

ARM Mali-G71 MP2 12%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 15%

ARM Mali-T760 MP2 17%

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ARM Mali-G76 MP10 413%

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Smartbench 2012 - Gaming Index

4532 points (99%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Venue 7	Z3460	2048 MB	457 /  MHz		4532

unknown -72%

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PowerVR G6430 -6%

Qualcomm Adreno 510 -6%

Qualcomm Adreno 430 -4%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 -3%

ARM Mali-T624 -2%

ARM Mali-T760 MP6 -1%

NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU -1%

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU -1%

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 0%

PowerVR G6400

ARM Mali-T880 MP4 1%

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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 1%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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