Apple M4 40-core GPU vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking415not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.82no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores153640
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt45 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizeno datalarge

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5xLPDDR5x-8533
Memory clock speed8448 MHz8533 MHz
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API compatibility

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DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS has 12.5% lower power consumption.

Apple M4 40-core GPU, on the other hand, has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS and Apple M4 40-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M4 40-core GPU
M4 40-core GPU

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