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Qualcomm Adreno 840

Qualcomm Adreno 840

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.

Adreno 800 Series

Adreno 840 @ 1.2 GHz
Adreno 830 compare 1536 @ 1.1 GHz
Adreno 825 compare
Adreno 810 compare @ 1.05 GHz
Core Speed1200 (Boost) MHz
Memory TypeLPDDR5x
Shared Memoryyes
technology3 nm
Displays3 Displays (max.)
Date of Announcement24.09.2025
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

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
min: 2566     avg: 2745     median: 2675 (6%)     max: 3064 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 23088     avg: 26187     median: 25687 (13%)     max: 30553 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 6168     avg: 6754     median: 6432 (7%)     max: 8004 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
min: 10958     avg: 12333     median: 12146 (6%)     max: 14222 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
min: 100     avg: 753     median: 752.5 (16%)     max: 1405 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 35     avg: 44.8     median: 46 (17%)     max: 51 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 65     avg: 106.7     median: 109.5 (20%)     max: 145 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 203     avg: 278.3     median: 285 (21%)     max: 350 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 126     avg: 181.6     median: 193 (18%)     max: 199 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 232     avg: 326.7     median: 331 (7%)     max: 397 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 327     avg: 389.2     median: 378 (16%)     max: 498 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 537     avg: 710     median: 737.5 (6%)     max: 798 fps
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 GPU
min: 924624     avg: 1150250     median: 1063190 (73%)     max: 1430550 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
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU OpenCL
min: 18523     avg: 23874     median: 24680.5 (6%)     max: 27611 points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 GPU Vulkan
min: 23872     avg: 26095     median: 25905 (6%)     max: 28699 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: 9.9 (4%)     max: 15.6 Watt
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- Range of benchmark values
red legend - Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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
59.8  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra Ultra
58.8  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
60  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra
59.6 60 60 ~ 60 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
59.6 60 ~ 60 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high
59.7 60 60 ~ 60 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra
39.8 40 40 ~ 40 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Smoothest
89
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
107  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal59.858.8
Genshin Impact6060
PUBG Mobile606040
Dead Trigger 2107
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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Class 1

Class 2

Radeon PRO W6600M *
Arc B 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU

Class 3

UHD Graphics 750

Class 4

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2025-10- 3)