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PowerVR SGX545 vs ARM Mali-G78 MP14 vs PowerVR SGX531

PowerVR SGX545

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The PowerVR SGX545 is an integrated graphics card in some of the Intel Atom Clover Trail SoCs (for example, the Atom Z2760). Technically, the SGX545 and the GMA 3650 of the Atom N28xx models are identical. The GPU would be theoretically capable of DirectX 10.1, but Intel's implementation officially supports only Direct3D 9_3.

In the case of the Atom Z2760, the SGX545 is clocked at 533 MHz. The performance is far behind AMD's Bobcat and Kabini/Temash APUs and even worse than many ARM SoCs such as Nvidia's Tegra 3. The GPU is therefore unsuitable for 3D gaming. 1080p videos, however, will play fluently.

Corresponding to the poor performance of the GPU, the power consumption is also very low. This allows the Z2760/SGX545 to be used in passively cooled tablets.

ARM Mali-G78 MP14

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The ARM Mali-G78MP14 is an integrated high-end graphics card for ARM based SoCs (mostly Android based). It was introduced late 2020 in the Samsung Exynos 2100 (e.g. Galaxy S21). It integrates 14 of the 24 possible cores and is based on the second generation of the Valhal architecture. According to ARM it offers two new features: asynchronous top level and fragment dependency tracking.

The graphics card is one of the fastest in Android devices of 2020 and therefore able to run all games fluently.

The GPU supports all modern graphics APIs like OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0.

PowerVR SGX531

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The PowerVR SGX531 is an integrated graphics card that can be found in mostly ARM based SoCs for tablets and smartphones. It offers 2 pixel and 1 vertex shaders that are usually clocked at 200 MHz. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and was announced in Oct. of 2006.

PowerVR SGX545ARM Mali-G78 MP14PowerVR SGX531
PowerVR SGX500 Series
SGX554MP4 32
SGX543MP4 16
SGX543MP3 12
SGX543MP2 8
SGX545 4/2 cores @ 0.53 GHz
SGX544MP2 8/4 cores @ 0.3 - 0.53 GHz
SGX544 4/2 cores @ 0.38 GHz
SGX540 4/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX535 2/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX531 2/1 cores
SGX530 2/1 cores
Mali-G78 MP24 24
Mali-G78 MP22 24
Mali-G78 MP20 24
Mali-G78 MP14 14
Mali-G77 MP11 11
Mali-G77 MP9 9
Mali-G76 MP16 16
Mali-G76 MP12 10
Mali-G76 MP10 10 @ 0.72 GHz
Mali-G68 MP5 5
Mali-G57 MP6 6
Mali-G57 MP5 5
Mali-G72 MP18 18 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP20 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G72 MP12 12 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G71 MP8 8 @ 0.9 GHz
Mali-G76 MP4 4 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G71 MP2 2 @ 0.77 GHz
Mali-G72 MP3 3 @ 0.85 GHz
Mali-G68 MP4 4
Mali-G52 MP6 6
Mali-G68 MP2 2
Mali-G52 MP2 2 @ 0.95 GHz
Mali-G52 MP1 1 @ 0.8 GHz
Mali-G57 MP4 4
Mali-G57 MP3 3
Mali-G57 MP2 2
Mali-G57 MP1 1
Mali-G51 MP4 4 @ 0.65 GHz
SGX554MP4 32
SGX543MP4 16
SGX543MP3 12
SGX543MP2 8
SGX545 4/2 cores @ 0.53 GHz
SGX544MP2 8/4 cores @ 0.3 - 0.53 GHz
SGX544 4/2 cores @ 0.38 GHz
SGX540 4/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX535 2/2 cores @ 0.2 GHz
SGX531 2/1 cores
SGX530 2/1 cores
ArchitecturePowerVR SGX5ValhallPowerVR SGX5
Pipelines4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader14 - unified2 / 1 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed533 MHz
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 9_3/10.1, Shader 4.1, OpenGL 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 2.0
technology32 nm5 nm
Date of Announcement01.01.2010 26.05.2020 01.10.2006
CodenameValhall
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.arm.com
CPU in SGX545GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Atom Z27602 x 1800 MHz, 3 W533 MHz? MHz
CPU in SGX531GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
MediaTek MT83772 x 1200 MHz? MHz? MHz
MediaTek MT8317T2 x 1200 MHz? MHz? MHz
MediaTek MT65772 x 1000 MHz? MHz? MHz
MediaTek MT65751 x 1000 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 88848     avg: 96343     median: 98950 (10%)     max: 101231 Points
536 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
100%
1 SGX545 +
1618 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
100%
1 SGX545 +
min: 2914     avg: 3025     median: 3050 (0%)     max: 3112 Points
18%
1 SGX531 +
min: 382     avg: 539     median: 562 (0%)     max: 672 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 7718     avg: 8299     median: 7933 (34%)     max: 9245 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 9794     avg: 10985     median: 9889 (22%)     max: 13273 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 6717     avg: 7688     median: 8001 (34%)     max: 8345 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 7680     avg: 9796     median: 10794 (27%)     max: 10913 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 7078     avg: 8019     median: 8019 (71%)     max: 8960 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 10216     avg: 11862     median: 11861.5 (71%)     max: 13507 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
7614 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
9978 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 5873     avg: 5950     median: 5966 (3%)     max: 6010 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
1758 Points (2%)
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
100%
1 SGX545 +
3152 Points (3%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
100%
1 SGX545 +
min: 1507     avg: 1791     median: 1820.5 (1%)     max: 2015 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
100%
1 SGX545 +
min: 613     avg: 729     median: 794 (1%)     max: 802 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + PowerVR SGX545
3DMark 06
100%
1 SGX545 +
min: 306     avg: 405.6     median: 411 (1%)     max: 459 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + PowerVR SGX545
3DMark 06
100%
1 SGX545 +
367 Points (0%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + PowerVR SGX545
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
100%
1 SGX545 +
min: 363     avg: 421.7     median: 428.5 (0%)     max: 443 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 25     avg: 26.7     median: 27 (5%)     max: 28 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 49     avg: 60.7     median: 64 (5%)     max: 69 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 42     avg: 54     median: 58 (5%)     max: 62 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 74     avg: 88     median: 83 (2%)     max: 107 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 117     avg: 140.3     median: 143 (6%)     max: 161 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + PowerVR SGX545
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
2.8 fps (0%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + ARM Mali-G78 MP14
min: 137     avg: 177.7     median: 154 (1%)     max: 242 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + PowerVR SGX531
0.5 fps (0%)
AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Off-screen
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 544     avg: 746     median: 746.5 (26%)     max: 909 Points
AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Score
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 1262     avg: 1613     median: 1527 (13%)     max: 2074 Points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 GPU
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 707     avg: 1630     median: 1708 (18%)     max: 2131 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
277129 Points (28%)
Basemark ES 2.0 - Basemark ES 2.0
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 4.88     avg: 7.5     median: 7.8 (13%)     max: 9.22 fps
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
84.4 fps (2%)
NenaMark2 - NenaMark2 Score
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 17     avg: 22.4     median: 23.6 (35%)     max: 25.1 fps
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 2079     avg: 2217     median: 2183 (1%)     max: 2424 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 373     avg: 463.5     median: 487.5 (1%)     max: 506 Points
Smartbench 2012 - Smartbench 2012 Gaming Index
100%
1 SGX531 +
min: 1289     avg: 1572     median: 1630 (35%)     max: 1905 Points

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX545 → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks ARM Mali-G78 MP14 → 5500% n=1

Average Benchmarks PowerVR SGX531 → 18% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - 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.

League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
high
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
ultra
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
med.
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
ultra
Mali-G78 MP14:
59  fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Mali-G78 MP14:
102 111 ~ 107 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Mali-G78 MP14:
60  fps
med.
Mali-G78 MP14:
40  fps
high
Mali-G78 MP14:
30 30 40 ~ 33 fps
ultra
Mali-G78 MP14:
0 (!)  fps
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
7.4 8.8 9.7 10 ~ 9 fps
low 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
3.2 3.3 (!) ~ 3 fps
low 1280x720
100%
SGX545:
1.7  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
2.1 (!) 2.9 ~ 3 fps
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
med. 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
10  fps
low 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
11  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
100%
SGX545:
4.4  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
5.2 7.6 ~ 6 fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
100%
SGX545:
11.8 12 ~ 12 fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
100%
SGX545:
7.7  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
100%
SGX545:
18.9  fps
high 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
3.8  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
low 800x600
100%
SGX545:
8  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
SGX545:
1  fps

Average Gaming PowerVR SGX545 → 100%

PowerVR SGX545ARM Mali-G78 MP14PowerVR SGX531
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
League of Legends: Wild Rift606060
Genshin Impact606059
Armajet107
PUBG Mobile604033
PowerVR SGX545ARM Mali-G78 MP14PowerVR SGX531
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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