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Apple A17 Pro GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 730

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 730

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The Qualcomm Adreno 730 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The chip will be available starting early 2022 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices. 

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 730 GPU offers a 30% improved performance thanks to 30% more ALUs over the Adreno 660, its predecessor, which is integrated into the Snapdragon 888 SoC.  Thanks to the new 4nm process, the power efficiency should also be improved.

The Adreno 730 supports Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2.0 FP. 

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Apple A17 Pro GPUQualcomm Adreno 730
Pipelines6 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology3 nm4 nm
Date of Announcement12.09.2023 30.11.2021
Adreno 700 Series
Adreno 750 compare
Adreno 740 compare
Adreno 730 @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 725 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 720 compare @ 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 730GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 18 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 18 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 1067     avg: 11770     median: 11974 (52%)     max: 15306 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 15268     avg: 24195     median: 25285 (56%)     max: 27751 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 5983     avg: 10709     median: 10618 (53%)     max: 13386 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 11082     avg: 17815     median: 18581 (56%)     max: 20955 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 15260     avg: 15419     median: 15418.5 (8%)     max: 15577 Points
min: 6483     avg: 10241     median: 10384 (5%)     max: 11201 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 3815     avg: 3847     median: 3847 (4%)     max: 3879 Points
min: 1567     avg: 2534     median: 2549 (3%)     max: 2899 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 19.6     avg: 22.3     median: 22.3 (9%)     max: 25 fps
min: 13     avg: 19.7     median: 20 (8%)     max: 23 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 60     avg: 60.5     median: 60.5 (11%)     max: 61 fps
min: 19     avg: 41     median: 41.5 (8%)     max: 52 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 117     avg: 120.5     median: 120.5 (9%)     max: 124 fps
min: 60     avg: 103.8     median: 101 (7%)     max: 138 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 110     avg: 110.6     median: 110.6 (12%)     max: 111.2 fps
min: 50     avg: 84.6     median: 84 (9%)     max: 108 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 147.7     avg: 163.9     median: 163.9 (3%)     max: 180 fps
min: 95     avg: 142.6     median: 136 (3%)     max: 189 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 209.2     avg: 235.6     median: 235.6 (14%)     max: 262 fps
min: 126     avg: 208.6     median: 209 (12%)     max: 282 fps
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 730
min: 245     avg: 385.5     median: 381 (3%)     max: 468 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 293017     avg: 423760     median: 430076 (54%)     max: 479126 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 128.28     avg: 144.8     median: 144.8 (1%)     max: 161.33 fps
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 5301     avg: 5418     median: 5418 (2%)     max: 5535 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
min: 6354     avg: 6655     median: 6503 (2%)     max: 7108 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
27151 Points (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
54449 Points (55%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
19266 Points (34%)
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
min: 5.52     avg: 9.5     median: 9.6 (4%)     max: 14.2 Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple A17 Pro GPU → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 730 → 80% n=9

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- 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.

Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal

2022
low Medium
Adreno 730:
60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra Ultra
Adreno 730:
60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift

2020
low
Adreno 730:
110  fps
high
Adreno 730:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra
Adreno 730:
60 60 61 ~ 60 fps
Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty Mobile

2020
low
Adreno 730:
55 91 ~ 73 fps
high
Adreno 730:
55  fps
ultra
Adreno 730:
55 60 ~ 58 fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
Adreno 730:
35  fps
med.
Adreno 730:
35 60 ~ 48 fps
ultra
Adreno 730:
30 34 60 ~ 41 fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 730:
30 43 56.9 60 60 60 60 60 60 63 72 90 94 99 103 188 ~ 75 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 730:
57 57 58 58 59 59 59 59.8 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 59 fps
med.
Adreno 730:
51 58 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 59 fps
high
Adreno 730:
30 30 50 55 58 58 59 59 59 59 59.8 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 57 fps
ultra
Adreno 730:
30 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 730:
60 60 ~ 60 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
high
Adreno 730:
30 60 ~ 45 fps
Qualcomm Adreno 730lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal6060
League of Legends: Wild Rift1106060
Call of Duty Mobile735558
Genshin Impact354841
Armajet75
PUBG Mobile59595740
Dead Trigger 260
Asphalt 9: Legends45
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