Adreno X1-85 vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Adreno X1-85, vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Adreno X1-85 and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Adreno X1-85
2118
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Time Spy1702n/a
Solar Bay1037079412
Fire Strike6149n/a
Night Raid29031n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Adreno X1-85
24387
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur36.4 frames/s257 frames/s
Face Detection17.3 frames/s182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.19 Gpix/sec5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.3 Gpix/sec8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.42 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching72.4 Gpix/sec455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4692.5 fps21658 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Adreno X1-85
2981
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark518n/a
DirectX 1119 fpsn/a
DirectX 1210 fpsn/a
GPU Compute1958 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Adreno X1-85
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
Adreno X1-85
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
Adreno X1-85
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
43305
Image Classification (SP)n/a10711
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a42406
Horizon Detectionn/a42905
Face Detection (HP)n/a73489
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a289766
Text Classification (SP)n/a6087
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8881
Object Detection (SP)n/a10130
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a84224
Style Transfer (SP)n/a264552
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Adreno Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 24, 2023 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Adreno X1 Apple M GPU
Codename Adreno X1 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1200-1500 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1536 5120
TMUs 96 320
ROPs 48 160
Execution Units 6 640
L1 cache 192 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 58-72 Gpix/sec 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115-144 GTex/s 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7-4.6 TFLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface IGP Custom
TGP 80 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor count n/a 28 billion

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency n/a 9600 MHz
Bus n/a 512 bit
ECC support n/a No
Max Throughput
Adreno X1-85
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
614 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.1 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 3.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4 n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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