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Qualcomm Adreno X2-90

Qualcomm X2-90

The Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 is a fast integrated graphics card in the fastest Snapdragon X2 Elite (Extreme) SoCs with a clock speed of up to 1850 MHz.

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).

According to Qualcomm, the iPU is up to 2.3 times faster than the previous generation in the Snapdragon X SoC. Until now, however, driver support and game support were not ideal, which meant that many current games did not run under Windows or only ran to a limited extent.

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

iGPUIntegrated Graphics
Core Speed1850 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 12_2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.4
Man. Technology3 nm
Date of Announcement29.09.2025
CPU in X2-90GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-10018 x 3600 MHz, 82 W? MHz1850 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-94-10018 x 3600 MHz, 82 W? MHz1850 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-90-10018 x 3400 MHz? MHz1700 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-10018 x 3400 MHz? MHz1700 MHz
min. - max.? MHz1700 - 1850 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Speed Way Score
min: 384     avg: 469.5     median: 469.5 (3%)     max: 555 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad
min: 1095     avg: 1180     median: 1179.5 (8%)     max: 1264 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
min: 4123     avg: 5094     median: 5188.5 (12%)     max: 5687 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
min: 21285     avg: 22844     median: 22640 (9%)     max: 24809 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 9530     avg: 10335     median: 10334.5 (16%)     max: 11139 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 9974     avg: 10904     median: 10904 (10%)     max: 11834 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 4098     avg: 4316     median: 4315.5 (11%)     max: 4533 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 3666     avg: 3865     median: 3865 (8%)     max: 4064 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
27154 Points (26%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
36410 Points (9%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 11814     avg: 12780     median: 12780 (15%)     max: 13746 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 11821     avg: 12834     median: 12834 (10%)     max: 13847 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 42419     avg: 44987     median: 44987 (13%)     max: 47555 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 42821     avg: 44651     median: 44651 (24%)     max: 46481 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 23721     avg: 24201     median: 24201 (32%)     max: 24681 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6799     avg: 9795     median: 9795 (7%)     max: 12791 points
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 29.6     avg: 30.1     median: 30.1 (2%)     max: 30.5 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
104.6 fps (3%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
3.6 fps (1%)
Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 GPU OpenCL
min: 39874     avg: 41733     median: 41732.5 (11%)     max: 43591 points
Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 GPU Vulkan
min: 46657     avg: 49241     median: 49241 (12%)     max: 51825 points
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
10728 points (9%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 46.8     avg: 53.2     median: 53.2 (7%)     max: 59.5 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 56.9     avg: 61.1     median: 61.1 (17%)     max: 65.3 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 31.4     avg: 44.8     median: 44.8 (6%)     max: 58.2 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cyberpunk 2077 ultra
min: 0.562     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (2%)     max: 0.841 fps per Watt
- 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
23 27 ~ 25 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
22 25 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18 21 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14 16 ~ 15 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1920x1080
159.5 185.9 ~ 173 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
113 132.8 ~ 123 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
83.6 99.3 ~ 91 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
71.1 84.1 ~ 78 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
58.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1920x1080
48.5 54.2 61.9 ~ 55 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
42.7 42.9 50.1 ~ 45 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
34.9 36.5 43 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.8 30.9 38.2 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
22.7  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset (FSR off) 1280x720
81.6
30min Start Ultra Preset (FSR off) 1920x1080
32.7
26.4
26.5
low 1920x1080
50.9 51.9 60 ~ 54 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1920x1080
40.2 44.3 49.1 ~ 45 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1920x1080
35.5 38.2 43.4 ~ 39 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
34.8 37.7 42.5 ~ 38 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
QHD 2560x1440
28.7  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset SMAA 1280x720
76.4
low 1280x720
109 128 ~ 119 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
48 56 ~ 52 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
43 51 ~ 47 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
40 46 ~ 43 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
31  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

2018
low 1280x720
237 249 279 ~ 255 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
91.2 97.9 115.3 ~ 101 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
76.9 79.4 89.2 ~ 82 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
67.4 68.9 81.7 ~ 73 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
59  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
67 68 ~ 68 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
53 58 ~ 56 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
51 55 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
48 50 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
45  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
53.2 54.4 55.2 ~ 54 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
47.7 48 48 ~ 48 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
42.5 42.6 44 ~ 43 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
89.7 90.5 110.5 ~ 97 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
49.9 55.5 65.6 ~ 57 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.1 31 34.5 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
26.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
102.7 103.5 106.2 ~ 104 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
86.3 86.3 88 ~ 87 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
78.2 80.3 81.8 ~ 80 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
69.4 70.5 70.7 ~ 70 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
142.9 148.8 ~ 146 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
134.5 140.2 ~ 137 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
74 76.4 90.6 ~ 80 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
33.1 34.4 41.1 ~ 36 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
28.1  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Normal/Off 4xAF 1920x1080
130.3
Lowest Settings possible 1920x1080
137
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Assassin's Creed Shadows25242015
Total War Pharaoh173123917858.9
Cyberpunk 20775545383322.7
Baldur's Gate 35445393828.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider11952474331
Strange Brigade255101827359
Far Cry 56856534945
X-Plane 11.11544843
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark97573126.7
Dota 2 Reborn104878070
GTA V146137803628.1
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Notebook reviews with Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 graphics card

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Class 2

M5 Max 32-Core GPU *
Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

M4 9-Core GPU *
Intel Graphics 2 Xe3 WCL *
UHD Graphics 750
Intel Graphics 1 Xe3 WCL *

Class 4

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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