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Qualcomm Adreno X2-85

Qualcomm X2-85

The Qualcomm Adreno X2-85 is a fast integrated graphics card in the slowest Snapdragon X2 Elite SoCs (e.g. Snapdragon X2E-80-100) with a clock speed of up to 1700 MHz. Compared to the faster X2-90, only the slower clock rate is currently known.

The Adreno iGPU supports DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4 and OpenCL 3.0. According to Qualcomm, there are also ray tracing improvements (hardware support).

The SoC is produced in the modern 3NP process at TSMC and should have good efficiency.

iGPUIntegrated Graphics
Core Speed1700 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 12_2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.4
Man. Technology3 nm
Date of Announcement29.09.2025
CPU in X2-85GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-84-10012 x 3400 MHz? MHz1700 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-10012 x 3400 MHz? MHz1700 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-78-10012 x 3400 MHz? MHz1350 MHz
min. - max.? MHz1350 - 1700 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad
711 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
min: 3464     avg: 3964     median: 4124 (9%)     max: 4142 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
18104 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
7218 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
7617 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
2926 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
2605 Points (5%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
9002 Points (11%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
8565 Points (7%)
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
34888 Points (10%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
34027 Points (19%)
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
23647 Points (31%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
21.1 fps (6%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
11700 points (8%)
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 GPU OpenCL
25013 points (6%)
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 GPU Vulkan
29039 points (7%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
584 Samples/s (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1688 Samples/s (3%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
6907 points (6%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
25.6 Watt (3%)
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption 150cd *
20.3 Watt (6%)
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
33.7 Watt (4%)
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cyberpunk 2077 ultra
0.6 fps per Watt (1%)
- 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.

low 1920x1080
40.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
31.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
30min Start Ultra Preset (FSR off) 1920x1080
20.4
low 1920x1080
39.4  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1920x1080
29.3  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1920x1080
25.6  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

2018
low 1280x720
196.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
70.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
57.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
48.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
54.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
48  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
79.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
42.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
91.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
76.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
68.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
60.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
135.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
127.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
62.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Cyberpunk 207740.731.927.223.9
Baldur's Gate 339.429.325.625
Strange Brigade196.270.457.648.3
X-Plane 11.1154.74840.4
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark79.642.923.1
Dota 2 Reborn91.876.268.160.9
GTA V135.9127.562.527.2
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
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< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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Class 1

Class 2

M5 Max 32-Core GPU *
M5 Pro 16-Core GPU *
Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

M4 9-Core GPU *
Adreno 850 *
UHD Graphics 750
CXTP-48-1536 *

Class 4

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-02-18)