Adreno Explained

Adreno
Launched:	2009
Soldby:	Qualcomm
Designfirm:	Qualcomm
Process:	4 to 90 nm
Directx-Version:	11 and 12
Direct3d-Version:	11 and 12
Opencl-Version:	1.1 to 2.0
Opengles-Version:	1.0 to 3.2
Vulkan-Api:	1.0 to 1.3
Compute:	up to 4608.0 GFLOPS (FP32)
Slowest:	133
Slow-Unit:	MHz
Fastest:	1500
Fast-Unit:	MHz
Memory-Support:	LPDDR, LPDDR2, LPDDR3, LPDDR4, LPDDR4X, LPDDR5 & LPDDR5X
Memory-Clock:	166.5 MHz to 4800 MHz
Pcie-Support:	No
Encode-Codec:	H.264, H.265, VP9, and VP8
Decode-Codec:	H.264, H.265, VP9, and VP8
Color-Depth:	Up to 18 bit

Adreno is a series of graphics processing unit (GPU) semiconductor intellectual property cores developed by Qualcomm and used in many of their SoCs.

History

Adreno is an integrated graphics processing unit (GPU) within Qualcomm's Snapdragon applications processors, that was jointly developed by ATI Technologies in conjunction with Qualcomm's preexisting "QShader" GPU architecture, and coalesced into a single family of GPUs that rebranded as Adreno in 2008, just prior to AMD's mobile division being sold to Qualcomm in January 2009 for $65M.^{[1] [2]} Apocryphal claims that Adreno was intentionally named by Qualcomm as anagram of ATI's Radeon family of desktop PC GPUs are false. Early Adreno models included the Adreno 100 and 110, which had 2D graphics acceleration and limited multimedia capabilities. Prior to 2008, 3D graphics on mobile platforms were commonly handled using software-based rendering engines, which limited their performance and consumed too much power to be used for anything other than rudimentary mobile graphics applications. With growing demand for more advanced multimedia and 3D graphics capabilities, Qualcomm licensed the Imageon IP from AMD, in order to add hardware-accelerated 3D capabilities to their mobile products.^[3] Further collaboration with AMD resulted in the development of the Adreno 200, originally named the AMD Z430, based on a mobile Imageon variant of the R400^[4] architecture used in the Xenos GPU of the Xbox 360 video game console^[5] and released in 2008, which was integrated into the first Snapdragon SoC. In January 2009, AMD sold their entire Imageon handheld device graphics division to Qualcomm.^[6]

Technical details

Before Adreno

• Support up to 320x240
• Defender3 and Stargate have Texture compression

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Defender2	fixed function pipeline				90		SDRAM	0.050.25	0.00040.007						1.0					MSM6550, MSM6550A,MSM6800, MSM6150MSM6175, MSM6280,MSM6275	^[7] ^[8]
Defender3					90 or 65			0.25	0.022											MSM6800A, MSM6575
Stargate								0.6	0.09						1.1					MSM6280A

Adreno 100 series

• Adreno 130 is rebrand of Imageon 3D

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 100	fixed function pipeline													None	1.0						^[9]
Adreno 110															1.1						^[10]
Adreno 120																1.1					^[11]
Adreno 130		?	?		90 or 65		?	1.64^[12]	?0.133		? 0.3	?1.2	? 2.4						Direct3D Mobile	MSM7x00, MSM7x00A, MSM7x01, MSM7x01A	^[13] ^[14] ^[15]

Adreno 200 series - yamato / leia

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11 (feature level 9_3), OpenGL ES 2.0

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 200 (ATI Imageon Z430)	Unified shader model 5-way VLIW^[16]	2 [8]	256 KB		65	133	LPDDR-333 Single-channel 32-bit @ 166.5 MHz (1.3 GB/s)	22.85	0.133		0.53	2.12	4.25	2.0	1.1	1.4 (freedreno driver)	11 (feature level 9_3)^[17]	Snapdragon S1 (MSM7227, MSM7627 QSD8250, QSD8650), Freescale i.MX51, i.MX53
Adreno 200 'enhanced'					45	200 245	LPDDR-400 Single-channel 32-bit @ 200 MHz (1.6 GB/s)	42	0.200 0.245		0.80 0.98	3.20 3.92	6.40 7.84	Snapdragon S1 (MSM7227A, MSM7627A, MSM7225A, MSM7625A)
Adreno 203		4 [16]				245 294 400	LPDDR2-600 Single-channel 32-bit @ 300 MHz (2.4 GB/s)	40.8 49.0 66.6	0.245 0.294 0.4		1.96 2.35 3.2	7.84 9.40 12.8	15.6 18.8 25.6	Snapdragon S4 Play (MSM8225, MSM8625), Snapdragon 200 (MSM8225Q, MSM8625Q)
Adreno 205						245 266	LPDDR2-666 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 333 MHz (5.3 GB/s)	40.8 44.3	0.245 0.266		1.96 2.12	7.84 8.51	15.6 17.0	Snapdragon S2 (MSM7x30, MSM8x55, APQ8055)
Adreno 2xx series - leia
Adreno 220	Unified shader model 5-way VLIW	8 [32]	512 KB		45	266	LPDDR2-666 Single-channel 32-bit @ 333 MHz (2.6 GB/s)	88.7	0.532		4.25	17.0	34.0	2.0	1.1	1.4 (freedreno driver)	11 (feature level 9_3)	Snapdragon S3 (APQ8060, MSM8x60)
Adreno 225					28	200 300 400	LPDDR2-1000 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 500 MHz (8.0 GB/s)	133.3	0.8		3.20 4.80 6.40	12.8 19.2 25.6	25.6 38.4 51.2	Snapdragon S4 Plus (APQ8060A, MSM8x60A, MSM8960)		^[18]

Adreno 300 series - oxili

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11 (feature level 9_3), OpenCL 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.0
• Move from VLIW to superscalar architecture

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 302	Unified shader model Scalar instruction set^[19]	16[16]			28	400	LPDDR2-666 Single-channel 32-bit @ 333 MHz (2.6 GB/s)				3.2	12.8	25.6	3.0 (freedreno driver: 3.0, 3.1 incomplete, 3.2 partial)	1.1	1.1 embedded profile	3.1 (freedreno driver, 3.2 incomplete, 3.3 complete)	11 (feature level 9_3)	Snapdragon 200
Adreno 304		24[24]	96 KB			400	LPDDR2-768 Single-channel 32-bit @ 384 MHz (3.0 GB/s) LPDDR3-1066 Single-channel 32-bit @ 533  MHz (4.2 GB/s)				4.80	19.2	38.4	Snapdragon 208, Snapdragon 210, Snapdragon 212
Adreno 305 (1st Gen.)			256 KB			400 450	LPDDR2-800 Single-channel 32-bit @ 400  MHz (3.2 GB/s)	66.7 75	0.8		4.80 5.40	19.2 21.6	38.4 43.2	Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8x27)
Adreno 305 (2nd Gen.)			128 KB				LPDDR2/3-1066 Single-channel 32-bit @ 533  MHz (4.2 GB/s)	66.7 75	0.8					Snapdragon 200 (MSM8210, MSM8610, MSM8212, MSM8612) Snapdragon 400^[20] (MSM8x26, MSM8x28, MSM8x30, MSM8x30AB, APQ8026, APQ8030)					^[21] ^[22]
Adreno 306							LPDDR2/3-1066 Single-channel 32-bit @ 533  MHz (4.2 GB/s)	84.3	0.8					Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916), Snapdragon 412 (MSM8916v2)					^[23]
Adreno 308						485 598	LPDDR3-1333 Single-channel 32-bit @ 666.5  MHz (5.3 GB/s)	105.4	1.0		5.82 7.18	23.3 28.7	46.6 57.4	Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) Snapdragon 427 (MSM8920) QM215
Adreno 320 (1st Gen.)		64[64]	512 KB			400	LPDDR2-1066 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 533 MHz (8.5 GB/s)	225	1.6	3.2	12.8	51.2	102.4	Snapdragon S4 Pro (MSM8960T, APQ8064, APQ8064-1AA), Snapdragon S4 Prime (MPQ8064)					^[24]
Adreno 320 (2nd Gen.)		96[96]				400 450	LPDDR3-1200 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 600 MHz (9.6 GB/s)	225 253.1	2.4 2.7	>3.2	19.2 21.6	76.8 86.4	153.6 172.8	Snapdragon 600 (APQ8064T, APQ8064AB)
Adreno 330		128[128]	1024 KB			450 550 578	LPDDR3-1600 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 800 MHz (12.8 GB/s)	253.1 309.4 325.1	3.6 4.4 4.624		28.8 35.2 36.9	115.2 140.8 147.9	230.4 281.6 295.9	Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974, APQ8074), Snapdragon 801 (MSM8274AB, MSM8974AB, MSM8974AC)					^[25]

Adreno 400 series

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.0 (except Adreno 405)

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 4xx series
Adreno 405	Unified shader model	48[48]	256 KB		28	550	LPDDR3-1333 Single- channel 32-bit @ 666.5 MHz (5.3 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 Single- channel 32-bit @ 933 MHz (7.4 GB/s)				13.2	52.8	105.6	3.2 (freedreno driver: 3.0, 3.1 incomplete, 3.2 partial)	1.1	1.2 full profile	3.1 (freedreno driver, 3.2 incomplete, 3.3 complete)	11 (feature level 11_1)	Snapdragon 415 (MSM8929), Snapdragon 610 (MSM8936), Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939), Snapdragon 616 (MSM8939v2), Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952)
Adreno 418		128[128]	512 KB		20	600	LPDDR3-1866 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 933 MHz (14.9 GB/s)				38.4	153.6	307.2	1.0^[26]					Snapdragon 808 (MSM8992)
Adreno 420			1536 KB		28	500 600	LPDDR3-1600 Dual-channel 64-bit (128-bit) @ 800 MHz (25.6 GB/s)	281.3 337.5 (0.56^[27] Tr/clock)	44.8 (8.2 Px/clock)		32.0 38.4	128.0 153.6	256.0 307.2						Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084)	^[28]
Adreno 430		192[192]			20	500 600 650	LPDDR4-3200 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 1600 MHz (25.6 GB/s)	404	4.8 6.0 6.6		48 57.6 62.4	192 230.4 249.6	384 460.8 499.2						Snapdragon 810 (APQ8094, MSM8994)

Adreno 500 series

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.0

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 5xx series
Adreno 504	Unified shader model + Unified memory	48 [48]	128 + 8 KB		12	320	LPDDR3-1600 Single-channel 32-bit @ 800 MHz (6.4 GB/s)	?	?	?	7.7	30.7	61.4	1.0	3.2^[29] (freedreno driver: 3.1, 3.2 partial)	?	2.0 Full	3.1 (freedreno driver, 3.2 incomplete, 3.3 complete)	11 (feature level 11_1)	Snapdragon 429 Snapdragon Wear 4100/4100+
Adreno 505					28	450 650				?	10.8 15.6	43.2 62.4	86.4 124.8							Snapdragon 430 Snapdragon 435 Snapdragon 439
Adreno 506					14	600 650 725	LPDDR3-1866 Single-channel 32-bit @ 933 MHz (7.4 GB/s)	?	?	?	14.4 15.6 17.4	57.6 62.4 69.6	115.2 124.8 139.2							Snapdragon 450 Snapdragon 625 Snapdragon 626 Snapdragon 632
Adreno 508		96 [96]				650	LPDDR4-2666 Dual‑channel 16‑bit (32-bit) @ 1333 MHz (10.6 GB/s)	?	?	?	31.2	124.8	249.6							Snapdragon 630
Adreno 509		128 [128]	256 + 16 KB			430		?	?	?	27.5	110.1	220.2							Snapdragon 636
Adreno 510					28	600 621	LPDDR3-1866 Dual‑channel 32‑bit (64-bit) @ 933 MHz (14.9 GB/s)	?	?	?	38.4 39.7	153.6 159.0	307.2 318.0		3.2 (3.1 + AEP) (freedreno driver: 3.1, 3.2 partial)					Snapdragon 650 Snapdragon 652 Snapdragon 653
Adreno 512					14	647	LPDDR4X-3733 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/s)	?	?	?	41.4	165.6	331.3							Snapdragon 660
Adreno 530		256 [256]	1024 KB			510 624 653	LPDDR4-2666 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 1333 MHz (21.3 GB/s) or LPDDR4X-3733 Dual-channel 32-bit (64-bit) @ 1866 MHz (29.9 GB/s)	?	6.7 8.1 8.4	7.7 8.1 8.4	65.2 79.8 83.5	261.1 319.4 334.3	522.2 638.9 668.6						12 (feature level 11_1)	Snapdragon 820 Snapdragon 821
Adreno 540					10	670 710	LPDDR4X-3733 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 1866 MHz (29.9 GB/s)	>450	8.0 8.5	10.7 11.36 (16 Texel/clock)^[30] ^[31]	85.8 90.9	343.0 363.5	686.1 727.0							Snapdragon 835

Adreno 600 series

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 12_1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1
• Adreno 660 is the first mobile GPU to feature Variable Rate Shading (VRS).

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			API (version)						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 6xx series
Adreno 605	Unified shader model + Unified memory		128+8 KB		14									1.0 and 1.1^[32]	3.2		2.0 Full	WIP (freedreno driver)	12 (feature level 12_1)
Adreno 608		128 [128]	256+16 KB		11	430	LPDDR4X-4266 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 2133 MHz (17.0 GB/s)				27.5	110.1	220.2							Snapdragon SA6155P	^[33] ^[34]
Adreno 610						600 750 950					38.4 48.0 60.8	153.6 192.0 243.2	307.2 384.0 486.4							Snapdragon 460 Snapdragon 662 Snapdragon 665 QCS4290	^[35] ^[36]
					6	1114 1260	LPDDR4X-4266 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 2133 MHz (17.0 GB/s)				71.3 80.6	285.2 322.6	570.4 645.1							Snapdragon 680 Snapdragon 685
Adreno 612					11	845 895	LPDDR4X-3732 Dual‑channel 16‑bit (32-bit) @ 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/s)				54.1 57.3	216.3 229.1	432.6 458.2							Snapdragon 675 Snapdragon 678
Adreno 613					4	955					61.1	244.5	489.0							Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
Adreno 615		128 [256]	512 KB		10	430					55.0	220.2	430.3							QCS603 QCS605 Snapdragon 670	^[37] ^[38]
Adreno 616						504 610					64.5 78.1	258.0 312.3	516.1 624.6							Snapdragon 710 Snapdragon 712
Adreno 618					8	610 700 750 800 825					78.1 89.6 96.0 102.4 105.6	312.3 358.4 384.0 409.6 422.4	624.6 716.8 768.0 819.2 844.8							Snapdragon 720G Snapdragon 730 Snapdragon 730G Snapdragon 732G Snapdragon 7cSnapdragon 7c Gen 2	^[39] ^[40]
Adreno 619L						565	LPDDR4X-4266 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 2133 MHz (17.0 GB/s)				72.3	289.3	578.6							Snapdragon 690
Adreno 619						650 800					83.2 102.4	332.8 409.6	665.6 819.2							Snapdragon 480/480+ Snapdragon 750G	^[41]
					6	700 840					89.6 107.5	358.4 430.1	716.8 860.2							Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Snapdragon 695
Adreno 620		192 [384]			7	540 625 750			5.8 6.7 8.1		103.7 120.0 144.0	414.7 480.0 576.0	829.4 960.0 1152.0							Snapdragon 765 Snapdragon 765G Snapdragon 768G
Adreno 630		256 [512]	1024 KB		10	710	LPDDR4X-4266 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 1866 MHz (29.8 GB/s)	?	11.4	17	181.7	727.0	1454.0							Snapdragon 845 Snapdragon 850	^[42] ^[43] ^[44] ^[45]
Adreno 640		384 [768]		12*2 ^[46]	7	585 675	LPDDR4X-4266 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 2133 MHz (34.1 GB/s)	?	9.4 10.8	28.1 32.4	224.6 259.2	898.5 1036.8	1797.1 2073.6 ^[47]							Snapdragon 855/855+ Snapdragon 860 Snapdragon 855A (SA8155P)	^[48]
Adreno 642L		256 [512]			6	550 608 719	LPDDR5-6400 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 3200 MHz (25.6 GB/s)				140.8 155.6 184.1	563.2 622.6 736.3	1126.4 1245.2 1472.5							Snapdragon 778G/778G+ Snapdragon 782G
Adreno 642		384 [768]			5	490	LPDDR4X-4266 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 2133 MHz (17.0 GB/s)				188.2	752.6	1505.3							Snapdragon 780G
Adreno 643L					6	812	LPDDR4X-4266 or LPDDR5-6400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 2133 MHz or 3200 MHz (34.1 GB/s or 44.0 GB/s)				311.8	1247.2	2494.4							QCS6490
Adreno 644					4	660	LPDDR5-6400 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 3200 MHz (25.6 GB/s)				253.4	1013.8	2027.5							Snapdragon 7 Gen 1	^[49]
Adreno 650			? and 300 Go/s	24*2	7	587 670	LPDDR4X-4266 or LPDDR5-6400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 2133 MHz or 3200 MHz (34.1 GB/s or 44.0 GB/s)		14.1 16.1	28.2 32.2	225.4 257.3	901.6 1029.1	1803.3 2058.2							Snapdragon 865/865+ Snapdragon 870 QCS8250	^[50] ^[51] ^[52] ^[53] ^[54]
Adreno 660					5	840 900	LPDDR5-6400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 3200 MHz (51.2 GB/s)		20.2 21.6	40.3 43.2	322.6 345.6	1290.2 1382.4	2580.5 2764.8							Snapdragon 888/888+ Snapdragon G3x Gen 1	^[55] ^[56]
Adreno 663							LPDDR5-6400 Hexa-channel 16-bit (96-bit) @ 3200 MHz (76.8 GB/s)													SA8255P	^[57]
Adreno 675		672 [1344]	?		7	590	LPDDR4X-4266 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 2133 MHz (34.1 GB/s)				396.4	1585.9	3171.8							Snapdragon 8c	^[58]
Adreno 680		768 [1536]	?			600	LPDDR4X-4266 Octa-channel 16-bit (128-bit) @ 2133 MHz (68.2 GB/s)				460.8	1843.2 ^[59]	3686.4 ^[60]							Snapdragon 8cx Snapdragon SA8195P	^[61]
Adreno 685			?			590					453.1	1812.4	3624.9							Microsoft SQ1	^[62] ^[63]
Adreno 690						661 680					507.6 522.2	2030.5 2088.9	4061.1 4177.9							Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 Microsoft SQ2	^[64] ^[65]
Adreno 695		1024 [2048]			5	900					750 921.6	3000 3686.4	6000 7372.8							SA8295P Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Microsoft SQ3	^[66] ^[67] ^[68] ^[69]

Adreno 700 series

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 12_1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1
• Adreno 740 is the first GPU from Qualcomm to feature Ray tracing

Name	Microarchitecture				Fab (nm)	Clock [<nowiki/>[[Hertz|MHz]]]	Memory technology	Fillrate			GFLOPS			Latest API (version) supported						Qualcomm SoC	References
	Type	SIMDs, FP32 (ALUs)	On-chip graphics memory	TMU			Memory bandwidth	Triangle[MT/s]	Pixel[<nowiki/>[[Pixel|GP]]/s]	Texture[<nowiki/>[[Texel (graphics)|GT]]/s]	(FP64)	(FP32)	(FP16)	Vulkan	OpenGL ES	OpenVG	OpenCL	OpenGL	Direct3D
Adreno 702	Unified shader model + Unified memory				4 11	845 1000	LPDDR3-1866 Single-channel 32-bit @ 933 MHz (7.4 GB/s) or LPDDR4-2133 Single‑channel 16‑bit (16-bit) @ 1066 MHz (4.2 GB/s) or LPDDR4X-3608 Dual‑channel 16‑bit (32-bit) @ 1804 MHz (14.4 GB/s)							1.1	3.1	1.1	2.0		12.1	QCS2290 QRB2210 Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1/W5+ Gen 1	^[70] ^[71] ^[72]
Adreno 710		128 [256]			4	940	LPDDR4X-2133 @ 4266 MHz or LPDDR5-5500 Dual‑channel 16‑bit (32-bit) @ 2750 MHz (22 GB/s) or LPDDR5-6400 @ 3200 MHz				120.3	481.3	962.6	1.3	3.2					Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2	^[73]
Adreno 720		256 [512]					LPDDR4X-4266 @ 2133 MHz orLPDDR5-6400 @ 3200 MHz													Snapdragon 7 Gen 3	^[74]
Adreno 725		512 [1024]	1024 KB			580	LPDDR5-6400 Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit) @ 3200 MHz (25.6 GB/s)	1826	21.55		297.0	1187.8	2375.7	1.1		1.2				Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2	^[75]
Adreno 730						818 900	LPDDR5-6400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 3200 MHz (51.2 GB/s)	1864	22.0 24.0		418.8 460.8	1675.3 1843.2	3350.5 3686.4							Snapdragon 8/8+ Gen 1	^[76]
Adreno 732		384 [768]				950	LPDDR5X-8400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 4200 MHz (67.2 GB/s)				364.8	1459.2	2918.4	1.3						Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3	^[77]
Adreno 735						1100	LPDDR5X-8400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 4200 MHz (67.2 GB/s)				422.4	1689.6	3379.2							Snapdragon 8s Gen 3	^[78]
Adreno 740		768 [1536]				680 719	LPDDR5X-8400 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 4200 MHz (67.2 GB/s)	2024 ^[79]			522.2 552.2	2089.0 2208.8	4177.9 4417.5							Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy/Leading Version Snapdragon XR2/XR2+ Gen 2 QCS8550	^[80] ^[81] ^[82]
Adreno 750						903 1000	LPDDR5X-9600 Quad-channel 16-bit (64-bit) @ 4800 MHz (76.8 GB/s)				693.5 768.0	2774.0 3072.0	5548.0 6144.0							Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy/Leading Version	^[83] ^[84]

Adreno X series

• All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11 & 12_1, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.3
  • The Adreno X1 is internally called the Adreno 741, suggesting it's a scaled-up of the Adreno 730 from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1/8+ Gen 1.^[85]

Notes

• Adreno 130 inside the MSM7x01, and MSM7x01A. It supports OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.3, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI.
• Adreno 200 (AMD Z430) inside the QSD8x50 and MSM7x27 (133 MHz). It offers a programmable function pipeline and streaming textures with support for OpenGL ES 1.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2 and DirectDraw. (22M triangles/second, 133M pixels/second, clock speed up to 133 MHz)
• Adreno 200 enhanced inside the MSM7x25A and MSM7x27A (200 MHz). It supports OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI. (40M triangles/second, 200M pixels/second, clock speed up to 200 MHz)
• Adreno 203 inside the MSM8225 and MSM8225Q (400 MHz). It is an improvement over Adreno 205. It features a higher frequency, has better pixel fillrate, lower power consumption, better 3D performance. It is about 50-100% faster than Adreno 200 (enhanced), and 10–25% than Adreno 205. It could clock 2x times higher than Adreno 205. It supports OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, DirectX 9.0c, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI. (42-50M triangles/second, 250-300M pixels/second, clock speed from 192 to 400 MHz)
• Adreno 205 inside the QSD8x50A, MSM7x30, and MSM8x55 (245 MHz). Its improvements include Hardware-accelerated SVG and Adobe Flash and better shader-performance than the Adreno 200. It supports OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI. (57M triangles/second, 250M pixels/second, clock speed up to 400 MHz)
• Adreno 220 inside the MSM8660 or MSM8260 (266 MHz) with single channel memory. It supports OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, DirectX 9.0c, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI. (88M triangles/second, 500M pixels/second, standard clock speed up to 266 MHz, overclock up to 400 MHz)
• Adreno 225 inside the MSM8960 (400 MHz), with unified shader architecture and dual channel memory. It supports Direct3D 9.0c in addition to OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, Direct Draw and GDI.
• Adreno 320 inside the Qualcomm S4 Pro & Prime Series, with unified shader architecture and dual channel memory. It supports Direct3D feature level 9_3 in addition to OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2^[24]
• Adreno 330 inside the Nexus 5, Amazon Kindle HDX series tablets, Amazon Fire phone, Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet, Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia Icon, Nokia Lumia 930, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Sony Xperia Z1, Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, Sony Xperia Z2, Sony Xperia Z3, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, Sony Xperia Z Ultra, Xiaomi Mi3, Xiaomi Mi4, OnePlus One, HTC One (M8) and LG G2/G3 smartphones.
• Adreno 420 inside the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 supports Direct3D 11.2 runtime (feature level 11_1). Inside the Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, LG G3 Cat. 6, Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 (2014). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 is the first phone SoC ever to feature a 128-bit memory bus.
• Adreno 540 inside the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is the first phone SoC to feature variable refresh rate and foveated rendering/Variate Rate Shading, Qualcomm calls their implementations Q-Sync and Adreno Foveation.
• Adreno 630 inside the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 is the first phone SoC to feature Inside-Out Room-scale 6DoF with SLAM.
• Adreno 640 inside the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is the first phone SoC to feature updateable GPU drivers from the Google Play Store.

Operating system support

There are proprietary drivers for the Linux-based mobile operating system Android available from Qualcomm themselves.Historically the only way to have GPU support on non-Android Linux was with the libhybris wrapper.

Linux and Mesa supports the Adreno 200/300/400/500 series of GPUs with a driver called freedreno. Freedreno allows fully open-source graphics on devices like the 96Boards Dragonboard 410c and Nexus 7 (2013).

Qualcomm also provides Adreno drivers for ARM64 versions of Microsoft Windows.

See also

• Qualcomm Hexagon
• List of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors
• PowerVR – competing graphics technology available as a Silicon IP core (SIP) to 3rd parties
• Mali – competing graphics technology available as a Silicon IP core (SIP) to 3rd parties
• Vivante – competing graphics technology available as a Silicon IP core (SIP) to 3rd parties
• Tegra – family of SoCs for mobile computers, the graphics core could be available as SIP block to 3rd parties
• VideoCore – family of SOCs, by Broadcom, for mobile computers, the graphics core could be available as SIP block to 3rd parties
• Atom family of SoCs – with Intel graphics core, not licensed to 3rd parties
• AMD mobile APUs – with AMD graphics core, not licensed to 3rd parties
• AMD Imageon (ATI Imageon) - List of ATI mobile GPU
• Intel 2700G - Old Intel mobile GPU
• List of Nvidia graphics processing units - GPU Nvidia
• Apple M1

External links

• • Additional information on history of Adreno

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