Apple A17 Pro GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 740 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 740
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The Qualcomm Adreno 740 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The chip will be available starting early 2023 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.
According to Qualcomm, the Adreno GPU offers a 25% improved performance compared to the Adreno 730 predecessor in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. First benchmarks show that the Adreno GPU can even beat the Apple A16 GPU (iPhone 14 Pro series) in synthetic benchmarks. Therefore, the Adreno 740 is the fastest graphics chip for smartphones in 2022.
The iGPU supports hardware accelerated ray tracing and a game post processing accelerator (for bloom, depth of field and motion blur). Another first, is the support for Vulkan 1.3.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is produced in the modern 4nm process at TSMC.
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.
Apple A17 Pro GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 740 | Qualcomm Adreno 720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 6 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 3 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 12.09.2023 | 16.11.2022 | 17.11.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adreno 700 Series |
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API | OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 800 (Boost) MHz |
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