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Apple A17 Pro GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 720

Apple A17 Pro GPU

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The 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

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The 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.

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Apple A17 Pro GPUQualcomm Adreno 720
Pipelines6 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology3 nm4 nm
Date of Announcement12.09.2023 17.11.2024
Adreno 700 Series
Adreno 750 compare
Adreno 740 compare
Adreno 730 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 725 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 720 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 710 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Core Speed800 (Boost) MHz
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
CPU in A17 Pro GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A17 Pro6 x 2110 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 720GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 38 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 15260     avg: 15419     median: 15418.5 (8%)     max: 15577 Points
5434 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 3815     avg: 3847     median: 3847 (4%)     max: 3879 Points
1451 Points (2%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 19.6     avg: 22.3     median: 22.3 (9%)     max: 25 fps
11 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 60     avg: 60.5     median: 60.5 (11%)     max: 61 fps
23 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 117     avg: 120.5     median: 120.5 (9%)     max: 124 fps
57 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 110     avg: 110.6     median: 110.6 (12%)     max: 111.2 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 147.7     avg: 163.9     median: 163.9 (3%)     max: 180 fps
84 fps (2%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 209.2     avg: 235.6     median: 235.6 (14%)     max: 262 fps
107 fps (6%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple A17 Pro GPU
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 350.2     avg: 397.1     median: 397.1 (3%)     max: 444 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 720
174 fps (1%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
236226 Points (29%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
60.7 fps (0%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
27151 Points (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
54449 Points (55%)
29649 Points (30%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
19266 Points (34%)
37697 Points (66%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 5.64     avg: 7.3     median: 7.3 (3%)     max: 8.95 Watt
5.2 Watt (2%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A17 Pro GPU → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 720 → 60% n=10

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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.

Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
ultra
Adreno 720:
50.1  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 720:
57.7  fps
high
Adreno 720:
57.5  fps
ultra
Adreno 720:
38.7  fps
Qualcomm Adreno 720lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Genshin Impact50.1
PUBG Mobile57.757.538.7
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< 120 fps
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