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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs Qualcomm Adreno 685 vs Qualcomm Adreno 612

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

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The Radeon Pro Vega 56 uses the same chip as the Radeon RX Vega 56 but with reduced clock speeds for the chip and HBM memory. It is used in the first generation of the Apple iMac Pro All-in-One PC.

Qualcomm Adreno 685

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The Qualcomm Adreno 685 is an integrated graphics card in the Microsoft SQ1 ARM-based SoC. It is similar to the Adreno 680 in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC for Windows laptops but higher clocked and therefore with a higher theoretical performance (2 versus 1.8 TFlops).

Qualcomm Adreno 612

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The Qualcomm Adreno 612 is a mobile graphics card for mid-range smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It is included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SoCs and based on the Adreno 600 architecture (like the Adreno 630, which should be fully compatible in software).

The performance is similar to the old Adreno 512 graphics card and therefore only in the lower mid-range of modern smartphone SoCs.

The GPU supports modern standards like Vulkan 1.0 (according to Wikipedia), OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 and DirectX 11 (FL 11_1).

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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56Qualcomm Adreno 685Qualcomm Adreno 612
Adreno 600 Series
Pro Vega 56 3584 @ 1.25 GHz2048 Bit @ 786 MHz
Radeon Pro Vega 20 1280 @ 0.82 - 1.28 GHz
Radeon Pro Vega 16 1024
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
CodenameVega
ArchitectureVegaAdreno 600
Pipelines3584 - unified
Core Speed1247 MHz
Memory Speed786 MHz
Memory Bus Width2048 Bit
Memory TypeHBM2
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB
Shared Memorynoyesyes
APIDirectX 12_1DirectX 12DirectX 12.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan
Transistors12.5 Billion
technology14 nm7 nm14 nm
Features64 ROPs, 224 TMUs, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Direct3D 12 (FL 12_1)
Date of Announcement14.12.2017 06.12.2018 15.12.2015
Power Consumption7 Watt
CPU in Adreno 685GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Microsoft SQ18 x 3000 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 612GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6788 x 1700 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6758 x 1600 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
5831 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
5465 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 26320     avg: 28142     median: 26734 (3%)     max: 31129 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
15302 Points (27%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
17797 Points (20%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 1621     avg: 1897     median: 1737 (8%)     max: 2344 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 1571     avg: 1784     median: 1614 (4%)     max: 2245 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 1057     avg: 1207     median: 1110 (6%)     max: 1499 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 851     avg: 1030     median: 955 (3%)     max: 1303 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
482 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
143 Points (0%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
20785 Points (29%)
1968 Points (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
25589 Points (22%)
1927 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
3DMark 06
35787 Points (47%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
69.8 fps (23%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
140.3 fps (84%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
26.3 fps (15%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
82.7 fps (63%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
7.9 fps (9%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
132.5 fps (100%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
93.2 fps (100%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
114.4 fps (55%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
59.5 fps (31%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
117.7 fps (29%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
130.9 fps (19%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
106.4 fps (23%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
74.6 fps (19%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
102.6 fps (28%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
18.6 fps (17%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
85.3 fps (34%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
135 fps (22%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Qualcomm Adreno 685
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
373 Points (0%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
129.1 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 3     avg: 3.6     median: 3.3 (1%)     max: 4.8 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 9     avg: 9.4     median: 9.1 (1%)     max: 10 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 8     avg: 8.5     median: 8.2 (1%)     max: 9.2 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 14     avg: 15.7     median: 15 (0%)     max: 18 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
31.7 fps (2%)
min: 20     avg: 22     median: 21 (1%)     max: 25 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 685
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
167.7 fps (1%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 612
min: 41     avg: 43     median: 41 (0%)     max: 47 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
43224 Points (5%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
14.3 fps (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
2053 Samples/s (9%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3851 Samples/s (7%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2292 Points (2%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 9815     avg: 16853     median: 16853 (17%)     max: 23891 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 1491     avg: 8575     median: 8575 (15%)     max: 15659 Points

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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.

Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 612:
30  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 612:
40  fps
high
Adreno 612:
30  fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
high
Adreno 612:
60  fps
Assassin´s Creed Origins

Assassin´s Creed Origins

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
70  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
65  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
57  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
33  fps
Ghost Recon Wildlands

Ghost Recon Wildlands

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
81.7  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
76  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
45.1  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
34.7  fps
For Honor

For Honor

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
142.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
134.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
105.6  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
43.6  fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider

2016
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
94  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
74.8  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
39.3  fps
Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege

2015
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
198.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
135.7  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
70.2  fps
Dota 2 Reborn

Dota 2 Reborn

2015
med. 1366x768
100%
Pro Vega 56:
112  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
107.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
102.3  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
95.8  fps
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
115.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
63.9  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
41.6  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 612:
60  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 612:
20 30 ~ 25 fps
high
Adreno 612:
16 30 ~ 23 fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Qualcomm Adreno 612lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet30
PUBG Mobile4030
Shadow Fight 360
Dead Trigger 260
Asphalt 9: Legends2523
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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Assassin´s Creed Origins70655733
Ghost Recon Wildlands81.77645.134.7
For Honor142.6134.9105.643.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider9474.839.3
Rainbow Six Siege198.7135.770.2
Dota 2 Reborn112107.4102.395.8
The Witcher 3115.763.941.6
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