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ARM Mali-G68 MP5 vs Qualcomm Adreno 650

ARM Mali-G68 MP5

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The ARM Mali-G68 MP5 (or G68MC5) is an integrated mid-range graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). The MP5 version uses five of the six possible clusters / cores.

It was introduced early 2023 in the Samsung Exynos 1380 SoC. It is based on the Valhall architecture and is advertised by ARM as a "sub-premium GPU". It offers all features of the Mali-G78 series including improvements for battery runtime and machine learning.

Qualcomm Adreno 650

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The Qualcomm Adreno 650 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 865+ and 870 SoCs. The chip will be available from early 2020 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices. The base clock speed of the GPU is 250 MHz and the boost depends on the used SoC. For the 865 it is 587 MHz, the 865 Plus increased to 846 MHz and the 2021 870 reached 670 MHz.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 650 GPU offers a 25% improved performance over the Adreno 640, its predecessor, which is integrated into the Snapdragon 855 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 650 having 50% more compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 640. Furthermore, the clock speed of the pixel shaders was also increased by 50%.

The performance in our first benchmarks of a reference system positions itself above the ARM Mali-G76 MP16 and e.g. in 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme even on the top spot. In GFXBench only the Apple A13 GPU is able to best the Adreno 650 (regarding smartphone GPUs).

As a novelty, the GPU driver can be updated in the Android Play Store. Furthermore, some features are running under the Elite Gaming brand (e.g., 144 Hz display support, desktop forward rendering). 

The Adreno 650 supports Vulkan 1.1, DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2.0 FP. Furthermore, games and videos can use HDR10+ and Dolby Vision (with a supported display). The 650 supports 2 displays with up to 4K 60 Hz / QHD+ 144 Hz.

ARM Mali-G68 MP5Qualcomm Adreno 650
Adreno 600 Series
Mali-G78 MP24 compare 24
Mali-G78 MP22 compare 24
Mali-G78 MP20 compare 24
Mali-G78 MP14 compare 14
Mali-G77 MP11 compare 11
Mali-G77 MP9 compare 9
Mali-G76 MP16 compare 16
Mali-G76 MP12 compare 10
Mali-G76 MP10 compare 10 @ 0.72 GHz
Mali-G68 MP5 5
Mali-G57 MP6 compare 6
Mali-G57 MP5 compare 5
Mali-G72 MP18 compare 18 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP20 compare 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G72 MP12 compare 12 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP8 compare 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G76 MP4 compare 4 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G71 MP2 compare 2 @ 0.77 GHz
Mali-G72 MP3 compare 3 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G68 MP4 compare 4
Mali-G52 MP6 compare 6
Mali-G68 MP2 compare 2
Mali-G52 MP2 compare 2 @ 0.95 GHz
Mali-G52 MP1 compare 1 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G57 MP4 compare 4
Mali-G57 MP3 compare 3
Mali-G57 MP2 compare 2
Mali-G57 MP1 compare 1
Mali-G51 MP4 compare 4 @ 0.65 GHz
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Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
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CodenameValhall
ArchitectureValhallAdreno 600
Pipelines5 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology5 nm7 nm
Date of Announcement14.09.2021 04.12.2019
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.arm.com
Core Speed250 - 670 (Boost) MHz
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
CPU in Mali-G68 MP5GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Samsung Exynos 13808 x 2000 MHz? MHz950 MHz
CPU in Adreno 650GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G8 x 2420 MHz, 5 W? MHz670 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)8 x 2420 MHz, 5 W250 MHz646 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8658 x 2420 MHz, 5 W250 MHz587 MHz
min. - max.250 MHz587 - 670 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 6103     avg: 6217     median: 6224 (27%)     max: 6317 Points
min: 7970     avg: 9563     median: 9684 (42%)     max: 11492 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 7030     avg: 7122     median: 7134 (16%)     max: 7189 Points
min: 11617     avg: 13051     median: 12858 (28%)     max: 16809 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 4894     avg: 4964     median: 4969 (21%)     max: 5043 Points
min: 6960     avg: 8089     median: 8085 (34%)     max: 8975 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 5024     avg: 5178     median: 5181 (13%)     max: 5323 Points
min: 8593     avg: 9728     median: 9498 (24%)     max: 11999 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 5790     avg: 5815     median: 5792 (51%)     max: 5864 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 6630     avg: 6658     median: 6647 (40%)     max: 6698 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 4629     avg: 4724     median: 4730.5 (23%)     max: 4805 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 4848     avg: 4966     median: 4972 (17%)     max: 5070 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 2723     avg: 2880     median: 2904 (1%)     max: 2987 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 783     avg: 1174     median: 812 (1%)     max: 3001 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 5.8     avg: 5.9     median: 5.9 (2%)     max: 6 fps
min: 9.7     avg: 9.9     median: 10 (4%)     max: 10 fps
min: 18     avg: 21.1     median: 21 (4%)     max: 27 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 34     avg: 34.3     median: 34 (3%)     max: 35 fps
min: 27     avg: 55     median: 55 (4%)     max: 67 fps
min: 39     avg: 52.6     median: 51 (5%)     max: 62 fps
min: 67     avg: 87.2     median: 88 (2%)     max: 103 fps
min: 96     avg: 125.1     median: 125 (5%)     max: 151 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G68 MP5
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 118     avg: 118.8     median: 119 (1%)     max: 120 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 650
min: 168     avg: 209.5     median: 206 (2%)     max: 266 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 143857     avg: 147409     median: 148214 (15%)     max: 149350 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 136035     avg: 136272     median: 136129 (11%)     max: 136930 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 41.45     avg: 41.7     median: 41.7 (1%)     max: 41.92 fps
min: 72.6     avg: 75.5     median: 75 (2%)     max: 78.57 fps
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU OpenCL
min: 2971     avg: 3039     median: 3042.5 (1%)     max: 3098 Points
2688 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU Vulkan
min: 3039     avg: 3084     median: 3093.5 (1%)     max: 3109 Points
2532 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
12517 Points (4%)
54110 Points (19%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
3997 Points (7%)
42627 Points (71%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 4.32     avg: 5     median: 4.8 (2%)     max: 6.04 Watt

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G68 MP5 → 100% n=23

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 208% n=23

- 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%
Mali-G68 MP5:
58.5  fps
103%
Adreno 650:
60  fps
ultra Ultra
Adreno 650:
60  fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
Adreno 650:
60 119 ~ 90 fps
high
Adreno 650:
60 117 ~ 89 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
60 118 ~ 89 fps
Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty Mobile

2020
ultra
Adreno 650:
60  fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
50 55.8 56 58 ~ 55 fps
109%
Adreno 650:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
med.
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
43 50 ~ 47 fps
ultra
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
34.1 36 38 39.7 ~ 37 fps
162%
Adreno 650:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 52 59 60 60 60 60 62 64 85 91 114 117 119 120 ~ 71 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
30 30 30 59.6 ~ 37 fps
165%
Adreno 650:
40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 90 90 ~ 61 fps
med.
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
30  fps
193%
Adreno 650:
40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 58 fps
high
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
30 30 30 39.7 39.8 ~ 34 fps
156%
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 30 30 39 40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 53 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
Adreno 650:
60 60 62 ~ 61 fps
ultra
Adreno 650:
60 60 61 ~ 60 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 650:
60 60 90 105 142 144 ~ 100 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
60  fps
75%
Adreno 650:
30 30 60 60 ~ 45 fps
high
100%
Mali-G68 MP5:
60  fps
68%
Adreno 650:
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 58 60 60 60 ~ 41 fps
Real Racing 3

Real Racing 3

2013
high
Adreno 650:
60 144 ~ 102 fps

Average Gaming ARM Mali-G68 MP5 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 650 → 129%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 129%

ARM Mali-G68 MP5Qualcomm Adreno 650
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal58.56060
Genshin Impact5547376060
PUBG Mobile37303461585340
Asphalt 9: Legends60604541
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)