Apple A17 Pro GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 720 vs Qualcomm Adreno 725
Apple A17 Pro GPU
► remove from comparisonThe Apple A17 Pro GPU is an integrated graphics card in the Apple A17 Pro SoCs (used in the 2023 Apple iPhone 17 Pro smartphones). According to Apple, the GPU is a big redesign compared to the previous generation and offers hardware accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading. The performance per core did not change much, but due to the additional core, the performance is up to 20% faster.
The A17 is produced in the new 3nm process at TSMC and should be very energy efficient.
Qualcomm Adreno 720
► remove from comparisonThe Adreno 720 is a graphics unit for smartphones and tablets, which was first used in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 was installed. The chip was introduced at the end of 2023 and is primarily used in Android-based upper mid-range devices.
HDR gaming with 10-bit color depth is possible with the graphics chip, and the Adreno 720 also supports the APIs OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP and Vulkan 1.3.
The GPU is capable of driving WFHD+ displays at up to 168 Hz and 4K displays at 60 Hz and offers support for HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision.
Qualcomm Adreno 725
► remove from comparisonThe Qualcomm Adreno 725 is an integrated graphics unit for smartphones and tablets, which is used in the Snapdragon 7+ Gen. 2 and is designed for smartphones as well as tablets. The associated SoC (system-on-a-chip) was introduced at the beginning of 2023.
Qualcomm promises a performance increase of up to 100 percent compared with the predecessor Adreno 644.
The Adreno 725 supports all common Android APIs like Vulkan 1.1 and is already prepared for use with the Unreal 5 engine.
Apple A17 Pro GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 720 | Qualcomm Adreno 725 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 6 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 3 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 12.09.2023 | 17.11.2024 | 30.11.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Core Speed | 800 (Boost) MHz | 800 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2 | DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 |
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