Qualcomm Adreno 203

The Qualcomm Adreno 203 is an integrated graphics card in ARM based SoCs (e.g. MSM8225Q or 8625Q). It is mostly used for Android based smartphones and tablets and is situated in the entry-level. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1. Compared to the Adreno 200, the 203 offers twice the amount of shaders (4x ALU).

Benchmarks

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

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min: 1.5     avg: 1.7 (0%)     median: 1.7 (0%)     max: 1.9 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1.5
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1.5
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1.8
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.7.2	1.9

PowerVR SGX531 -70%

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PowerVR SGX531 -70%

PowerVR SGX540 -70%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 1%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 23%

PowerVR SGX545 67%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 73%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 74%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 92%

PowerVR SGX544 94%

ARM Mali-400 MP 108%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 151%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) 78710%

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

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min: 3.5     avg: 3.9 (1%)     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 4.4 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			3.5
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			3.6
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.8
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.7.2	4.1
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			4.4

PowerVR SGX531 -72%

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PowerVR SGX531 -72%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -69%

PowerVR SGX540 -65%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 32%

PowerVR SGX544 44%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 45%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 52%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 57%

ARM Mali-400 MP 78%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 83%

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 104%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 104%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 11699%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen

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min: 2073     avg: 2073 (0%)     median: 2073 (0%)     max: 2073 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			2073

PowerVR SGX531 -74%

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PowerVR SGX531 -74%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M 6%

ARM Mali-400 MP 9%

PowerVR SGX544 9%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 12%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 18%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 21%

Vivante GC7000UL 25%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 31%

ARM Mali-T720 62%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 21524%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080

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min: 1131     avg: 1348 (0%)     median: 1342.5 (0%)     max: 1576 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			1131
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1171
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1514
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1576

Qualcomm Adreno 530

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Qualcomm Adreno 430

Qualcomm Adreno 530

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -13%

PowerVR SGX544 -5%

ARM Mali-400 MP -2%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC7000UL 5%

PowerVR SGX545 20%

ARM Mali-T720 21%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 22%

Vivante GC4000 26%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 26%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 48%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 48%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 61%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 26603%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

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min: 2269     avg: 2584.8 (0%)     median: 2333 (0%)     max: 3029 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			2269
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2319
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2333
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2974
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			3029

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU

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PowerVR G6430

Qualcomm Adreno 430

Qualcomm Adreno 530

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU

PowerVR SGX531 -79%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -75%

PowerVR SGX540 -46%

ARM Mali-400 MP -17%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -11%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP4 2%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 3%

PowerVR SGX544 4%

PowerVR SGX545 17%

ARM Mali-T720 26%

Vivante GC7000UL 27%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 29%

Vivante GC4000 30%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 36%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) 16959%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 3D Graphics Tests

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min: 451     avg: 550.5 (16%)     median: 563.5 (17%)     max: 624 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			451
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			556
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			571
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			624

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -37%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -37%

PowerVR SGX531 -16%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 4%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 4%

PowerVR SGX543MP4 7%

PowerVR SGX540 11%

Vivante GC4000 15%

ARM Mali-400 MP 21%

Qualcomm Adreno 305 28%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 28%

ARM Mali-T720 33%

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Qualcomm Adreno 540 519%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 2D Graphics Tests

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min: 1516     avg: 1720.3 (17%)     median: 1764.5 (17%)     max: 1836 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			1516
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1716
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1813
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1836

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -86%

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PowerVR SGX543MP4 -86%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -55%

PowerVR SGX543MP3 -32%

Vivante GC4000 -5%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 11%

ARM Mali-450 MP4 21%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 26%

PowerVR SGX531 29%

ARM Mali-400 MP 29%

PowerVR SGX544 33%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 33%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 33%

Qualcomm Adreno 320 35%

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ARM Mali-G71 MP8 491%

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Antutu 3DRating - Off-screen 1024x2048

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min: 1184     avg: 1235.2 (43%)     median: 1194 (41%)     max: 1329 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1184
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1187
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1194
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1282
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1329

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -71%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -71%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 -47%

PowerVR SGX531 -40%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -26%

PowerVR SGX543MP2 -5%

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -4%

ARM Mali-400 MP -2%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

PowerVR SGX540 2%

PowerVR SGX543MP3 11%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 22%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 29%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 34%

Qualcomm Adreno 305 40%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 40%

Vivante GC4000 42%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 52%

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ARM Mali-T604 MP4 133%

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Antutu 3DRating -

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min: 1976     avg: 2097.4 (18%)     median: 2125 (19%)     max: 2144 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1976
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2103
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2125
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2139
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2144

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -23%

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PowerVR SGX531 -23%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -23%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 3%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 4%

PowerVR SGX540 11%

ARM Mali-400 MP 14%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 20%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 22%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 44%

PowerVR SGX544 62%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 67%

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PowerVR SGX543MP3 441%

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GLBenchmark 2.5 - Egypt HD Offscreen Fixed Time 1920x1080

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min: 3.7     avg: 4.4 (1%)     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 5.6 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.7
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.8
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			5.6

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -77%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -77%

PowerVR SGX531 -53%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -11%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP 17%

PowerVR SGX540 59%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 65%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 65%

PowerVR SGX545 95%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 104%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 122%

PowerVR SGX544 123%

Vivante GC4000 139%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 12509%

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GLBenchmark 2.5 - Egypt HD Fixed Time

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min: 6.9     avg: 8.8 (15%)     median: 7.4 (12%)     max: 12 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			6.9
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			7.4
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			12

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -59%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -59%

PowerVR SGX531 -36%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -33%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP 9%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 14%

PowerVR SGX540 16%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 25%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 36%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 39%

PowerVR SGX544 46%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 47%

PowerVR SGX545 60%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 584%

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AnTuTu Benchmark v3 - GPU

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min: 2365     avg: 2499.8 (26%)     median: 2416 (25%)     max: 2792 points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2365
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2415
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2416
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2511
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2792

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -36%

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NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -36%

PowerVR SGX531 -35%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -11%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 15%

ARM Mali-400 MP 16%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 22%

PowerVR SGX540 32%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 39%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 49%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 51%

PowerVR SGX544 52%

Vivante GC800 68%

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Qualcomm Adreno 330 286%

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NenaMark2 -

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min: 28.5     avg: 32.9 (49%)     median: 31.9 (47%)     max: 40.2 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			28.5
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			31
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			31.3
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.4	32.5
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			33.6
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			40.2

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -24%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -40%

PowerVR SGX531 -32%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -24%

PowerVR SGX540 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 13%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 27%

ARM Mali-400 MP 35%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 37%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 38%

PowerVR SGX544 46%

ARM Mali-T720 47%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 49%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 51%

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PowerVR G6200 84%

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Basemark ES 2.0 - Taiji Free

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min: 14.44     avg: 18.9 (31%)     median: 18.5 (31%)     max: 24.84 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			14.44
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			16.16
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			18.53
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			20.33
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			24.84

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -76%

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NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -76%

PowerVR SGX531 -60%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -46%

PowerVR SGX540 -36%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) -28%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 -27%

PowerVR SGX544 -14%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -5%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC4000 24%

ARM Mali-T720 35%

ARM Mali-400 MP 37%

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 38%

Vivante GC800 54%

PowerVR SGX544MP2 60%

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 63%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 68%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 78%

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PowerVR G6200 221%

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Smartbench 2012 - Gaming Index

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min: 1725     avg: 1889.7 (41%)     median: 1858.5 (40%)     max: 2183 points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1725
Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1745
Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1766
P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1951
Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1968
Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2183

unknown -34%

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NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -36%

unknown -34%

PowerVR SGX531 -17%

Qualcomm Adreno 304 -14%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 -8%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 -3%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC800 1%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 2%

PowerVR SGX540 3%

PowerVR SGX544 16%

ARM Mali-400 MP 19%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 22%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 24%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 27%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 31%

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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 143%

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Notebook reviews with Qualcomm Adreno 203 graphics card

HTC Desire 500: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review HTC Desire 500 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G510: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G510 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G525: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G525 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G600: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.5", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G600 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend Y300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend Y300 Smartphone

LG P710 Optimus L7 II: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review LG P710 Optimus L7 II Smartphone

Nokia X: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q, 4", 0.1 kg
  Review » Nokia X Smartphone Review

Archos 80 Xenon: unknown, 8", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Archos 80 Xenon

Archos Platinum 50: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 5", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Archos Platinum 50

HTC Desire 300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » HTC Desire 300

HTC Desire 500: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » HTC Desire 500

Huawei Ascend G525: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Ascend G525

Huawei Ascend Y300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei Ascend Y300

LG P710 Optimus L7 II: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » LG P710 Optimus L7 II

Nokia X: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q, 4", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Nokia X