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Apple A17 Pro GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 740

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.

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Apple A17 Pro GPUQualcomm Adreno 740
Pipelines6 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology3 nm4 nm
Date of Announcement12.09.2023 16.11.2022
Adreno 700 Series
Adreno 750 compare
Adreno 740
Adreno 730 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 725 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 720 compare @ 0.8 GHz
Adreno 710 compare @ 0.8 GHz
APIOpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3
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 740GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy8 x 2000 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 28 x 2000 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 12891     avg: 16704     median: 16773 (73%)     max: 18846 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 25211     avg: 33230     median: 34818 (77%)     max: 38087 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 10839     avg: 14512     median: 14892 (74%)     max: 16291 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 18010     avg: 24205     median: 25076 (75%)     max: 26802 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 15260     avg: 15419     median: 15418.5 (8%)     max: 15577 Points
min: 9805     avg: 13955     median: 14017.5 (7%)     max: 14789 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 3815     avg: 3847     median: 3847 (4%)     max: 3879 Points
min: 3088     avg: 3648     median: 3701 (4%)     max: 3900 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: 18     avg: 29.1     median: 30 (12%)     max: 33 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 60     avg: 60.5     median: 60.5 (11%)     max: 61 fps
min: 24     avg: 59.9     median: 62 (11%)     max: 72 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 117     avg: 120.5     median: 120.5 (9%)     max: 124 fps
min: 82     avg: 144.6     median: 153 (11%)     max: 181 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 110     avg: 110.6     median: 110.6 (12%)     max: 111.2 fps
min: 67     avg: 119.2     median: 125 (14%)     max: 166 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 147.7     avg: 163.9     median: 163.9 (3%)     max: 180 fps
min: 108     avg: 196.8     median: 209.5 (4%)     max: 226 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 209.2     avg: 235.6     median: 235.6 (14%)     max: 262 fps
min: 115     avg: 275.3     median: 283 (17%)     max: 346 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 740
min: 301     avg: 453.3     median: 479 (4%)     max: 502 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 449271     avg: 554842     median: 570024 (71%)     max: 590837 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 208.55     avg: 211     median: 210.4 (1%)     max: 214.17 fps
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 6548     avg: 8907     median: 8905 (3%)     max: 9784 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
min: 3587     avg: 9009     median: 9373 (3%)     max: 10144 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: 6.49     avg: 9.6     median: 9.7 (4%)     max: 14.5 Watt

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

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 740 → 115% n=9

- 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.

Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal

2022
low Medium
Adreno 740:
60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra Ultra
Adreno 740:
60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
Adreno 740:
58.5  fps
ultra
Adreno 740:
59 59.2 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
Adreno 740:
59 60 60 60 60 61 63 117 119 120 ~ 78 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 740:
60 60 60 60 60 60 60 87.8 89 90 90 ~ 71 fps
med.
Adreno 740:
60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
high
Adreno 740:
59 59.3 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra
Adreno 740:
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ~ 40 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
high
Adreno 740:
60  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 740:
116  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 740:
60  fps
high
Adreno 740:
60  fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
Adreno 740:
120  fps
Qualcomm Adreno 740lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo Immortal6060
Genshin Impact58.560
Armajet78
PUBG Mobile71606040
World of Tanks Blitz60
Dead Trigger 2116
Asphalt 9: Legends6060
Subway Surfers120
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