Most smartphones use the ARM processor architecture. It was created by the company of the same name, and it also supports it. In the process of creating the bulk of chipsets that are used in mobile devices ah, her designs are used.
However, the approach may vary. Some companies license ready-made solutions, while others practice creating their own, using the company's developments as a basis. For this reason, the market is experiencing a confrontation between basic and custom architectures for graphics, as well as central processing units.
Which is better than Qualcomm or ARM?
TO basic solutions which are created ARM, include processor cores and graphics Mali. They are used by, for example, chip makers such as: Spreadtrum, Nvidia, Samsung, MediaTek.
Whereas Qualcomm has a different approach. She uses bone cores for top chipsets. Kryo and Adreno graphics are used to power the Snapdragon chips. It was developed by the company's specialists. The presence of different architectures provokes the question of whether which should be preferred - Qualcomm or ARM?
It is very difficult to give an unambiguous answer to this question. As well as deciding whose graphics chips should be given the palm. I must say that not only the situation matters, but also the specific tasks set. And depending on this, the scales may tip to one side or the other. This article is intended to help those who want to fully understand this issue.
Positive and negative sides of Adreno
Let's start with the pros:
High performance rate... Theoretical calculations indicate higher maximum graphics performance Adreno relatively Mali... They are valid if they are used in chipsets of the same class. So, for Snapdragon 625, the Adreno 506 computing power is about 130 GFLOPS (we are talking about billions of calculations per second with floating point). Its competitor MTK Helio P10, which has GPU Mali T860 Mp2, has an indicator of 47 GFLOPS.
More advanced APIs supported... Adreno chips last generation there is a larger set of APIs (software development tools), and their versions are newer. For example, a year has passed since the release of Adreno from the five hundredth version. And it supports Open GL ES 3.2, DirectX12, OpenCL 2.0 and Vulkan. While Mali is not supported by DirectX12, and OpenCL is only available for the G 2016 series, which appeared relatively recently.
They overheat less... Adreno GPUs don't tend to overheat as much as Mali GPUs. At the same time, I must say that Qualcomm had some processors that were prone to throttling. But these were processors with increased power, respectively, and the cores of the central processor had a hot temper. They worked practically on par with competitors when the mode of reduced performance was observed.
Now about the cons:
Quite high cost... Qualcomm has to spend on developing its graphics large quantity money when compared to the cost of licensing ARM Mali to competitors. For this reason, the cost of chipsets from an American manufacturer is higher than, say, MTK.
Software is less optimized... Order, and they use Mali graphics. Huawei also uses stock GPUs from ARM in Kirin models. And MediaTek prefer to use ARM graphics without using any other. This results in Mali's large share of the global market. Therefore, game developers are given preference when optimizing their Mali products. We can say that with fewer GFLOPS, Mali in mid-range and budget-level chips is marginally worse in games than Adreno.
In rendering, Fillrate is less... Adreno chips have a relatively weak texturing domain, which is responsible for the process of forming the final image. Adreno 530 can render about six hundred million triangles that form a 3D image in one second. And Mali G71 - 850,000,000.
Positive and negative aspects of Mali
And in this case, we start with a positive:
High prevalence... Due to the standard Mali graphics for smartphone chipsets, games are optimized for it better than for Adreno.
Low price threshold... The cost of a license to manufacture Mali chipsets is quite cheap. This allows even small companies that do not have the ability to make millions of dollars to produce chips from Mali. And this provokes an increase in competition and stimulates ARM by encouraging it to develop new solutions. Plus, Mali graphics users end up spending less money.
High level clock frequencies... The frequencies used in Mali GPUs are 1 GHz. And for competitors, this figure does not exceed 650 MHz. The higher frequency on the Mali chips allows for better games, which support 3D multithreading worse.
Rendering domain power... The top GPU Mali G71 is capable of rendering about eight hundred and fifty triangles in one second, which is identical to twenty-seven billion pixels. And this despite the fact that the Adreno 530 is able to handle only 8 billion. This means that it is better to use it in the process of working with graphics of HD-textures with high resolution.
Less shader cores... Mali GPUs have fewer shader cores than competing products. Mali is worse in part maximum performance in GFLOPS. In addition, they are less adaptable to games that are capable of efficiently parallelizing GPU workloads.
Configurations are limited... Actually, the lag of the Mali GPUs from Adreno is negligible. However, in real life manufacturers prefer to use ready-made solutions that are not very complex, which have not very a large number of computing clusters. So, the Mali T720 provides for the content of about eight blocks, however, the Mali T720 MP2, which has only two clusters, is the most widespread.
Overheating predisposition... High clock rates Mali solutions are more versatile, however, as a side effect, they have the ability to overheat. It is for this reason that it is impossible to integrate a significant number of graphics clusters into the chipset.
Adreno or Mali which is better?
When reading the specifications of smartphones and tablets, most users first of all pay attention to the characteristics of the central processor and, the volume random access memory, screen size, built-in storage and camera. At the same time, they sometimes forget about such an important component of the device as graphics processor(GPU). A typical graphics processing unit from a particular company is associated with a specific central processing unit. For example, the famous Qualcomm Snapdragon processors always integrate with Adreno graphics chips. Taiwanese company MediaTek usually shipped its chipsets with PowerVR GPUs from Imagination Technologies, and more recently with ARM Mali.
Allwiner Chinese processors usually come with Mali GPUs. Central processing units Broadcom works in conjunction with VideoCore Graphic GPUs. Intel uses PowerVR GPUs and NVIDIA graphics with its mobile processors. Resource s-smartphone.com a rating was compiled of three dozen of the best in terms of graphics processors designed for use in smartphones and tablets. To each modern user important to know about.
1. Qualcomm Adreno 430 used in smartphone and;
3. PowerVR GX6450;
4. Qualcomm Adreno 420;
7. Qualcomm Adreno 330;
8. PowerVR G6200;
9. ARM Mali-T628;
10. PowerVR GSX 544 MP4;
11. ARM Mali-T604;
12. NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4;
13. PowerVR SGX543 MP4;
14. Qualcomm Adreno 320;
15. PowerVR SGX543 MP2;
16. PowerVR SGX545;
17. PowerVR SGX544;
18. Qualcomm Adreno 305;
19. Qualcomm Adreno 225;
20. ARM Mali-400 MP4;
21. NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3);
22. Broadcom VideoCore IV;
23. Qualcomm Adreno 220;
24. ARM Mali-400 MP2;
25. NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2);
26. PowerVR GSX540;
27. Qualcomm Adreno 205;
28. Qualcomm Adreno 203;
29. PowerVR 531;
30. Qualcomm Adreno 200.
The GPU is an essential component of a smartphone. The performance of graphics and primarily the most graphically intensive applications - games - depends on its technical capabilities. Since the ranking was compiled in the first half of the year, there may have been some changes since then. In your opinion, does the position of the processors in this rating correspond to their real performance?
In recent years, we have seen significant growth in the smartphone gaming industry. While most people only use smartphones for casual gaming, leaving hardcore gaming for their consoles and PCs, this trend slowly began to reverse in 2018.
With the popularity of battle royale games like PUBG and Fortnite and their introduction into smartphones, having a good GPU on the phone has become a must for mobile gamers. If you'd like to increase your FPS in PUBG Mobile, check out ours.
For those of you who don't know, mobile SOCs have a specific GPU and it is integrated into the chip itself. The GPU is not separate from the SOC. Hence, every phone with Snapdragon 845 will have the same Adreno 630 GPU, and every device with will have the same Mali-G72 MP18 GPU. However, two different SOCs can have the same GPU. For example, Snapdragon 625 and 626 have the same Adreno 506 GPU.
We use both raw benchmarks and real-world gaming performance to evaluate the performance of mobile GPUs. The result is called the Centurion Mark and we use this metric to rank mobile GPUs.
| Rating | GPU name | SOCs | Centurion mark |
| #1 | A12 Bionic's GPU | Apple a12 bionic | 115.4 |
| #2 | Adreno 630 | Snapdragon 845 | 111.2 |
| #3 | Mali-G76 MP10 | Kirin 980 | 104.6 |
| #4 | Mali-G72 MP18 | Exynos 9810 | 103.0 |
| #5 | A11 Bionic's GPU | Apple a11 bionic | 102.0 |
| #6 | Adreno 540 | Snapdragon 835 | 100.7 |
| #7 | Mali-G72 MP12 | Kirin 970 | 99.1 |
| #8 | Mali-G71 MP20 | Exynos 8895 | 96.4 |
| #9 | PowerVR 7XT GT7600 Plus | Apple A10 Fusion | 94.8 |
| #10 | Adreno 530 | Snapdragon 820 & 821 | 93.8 |
| #11 | Adreno 616 | Snapdragon 710 | 90.0 |
| #12 | PowerVR 7XT GT7600 | Apple a9 | 88.6 |
| #13 | PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 | Helio X30 | 87.7 |
| #14 | Adreno 615 | Snapdragon 670 | 85.6 |
| #15 | Mali-G71 MP8 | Kirin 960 | 84.6 |
| #16 | Mali-T880 MP12 | Exynos 8890 | 81.8 |
| #17 | Adreno 512 | Snapdragon 660 | 79.1 |
| #18 | Adreno 430 | Snapdragon 810 | 76.2 |
| #19 | Mali-G71 MP2 | Exynos 7885, Exynos 7904, Helio P30 & P23 | 74.0 |
| #20 | Mali-T760 MP8 | Exynos 7420 | 72.8 |
| #21 | Mali-T860 MP4 | Xiaomi Surge S1 | 71.6 |
| #22 | Adreno 510 | Snapdragon 650, 652 & 653 | 69.9 |
| #23 | Adreno 509 | Snapdragon 636 | 69.7 |
| #24 | Adreno 508 | Snapdragon 630 | 69.1 |
| #25 | Adreno 420 | Snapdragon 805 | 69.1 |
| #26 | Mali-G72 MP3 | Exynos 9610, Helio P70 & P60 | 68.9 |
| #27 | Adreno 418 | Snapdragon 808 | 68.1 |
| #28 | Mali-G51 MP4 | Kirin 710 | 66.6 |
| #29 | PowerVR GX6450 | Apple a8 | 66.0 |
| #30 | Mali-T830 MP3 | Exynos 7880 | 65.6 |
| #31 | Mali-T880 MP4 | Helio X27, X25, X23, X20, Kirin 955 & 950 | 64.9 |
| #32 | Mali-G71 MP1 | Exynos 7872 | 62.0 |
| #33 | Mali-T880 MP2 | Helio P25, P20 | 60.6 |
| #34 | Adreno 506 | Snapdragon 632, 626, 625, & 450 | 59.7 |
| #35 | Mali-T760 MP6 | Exynos 5433 | 57.2 |
| #36 | Mali-T628 MP6 | Exynos 5420, 5422, 5430, & 5800 | 56.8 |
| #37 | PowerVR G6430 | Apple a7 | 55.8 |
| #38 | Mali-T830 MP2 | Kirin 659, 658, 655, & 650 | 54.1 |
| #39 | Adreno 505 | Snapdragon 439, 435, & 430 | 52.8 |
| #40 | Mali-T860 MP2 | Helio P10, P18, MT6738, MT6750T, & MT6750 | 52.4 |
| #41 | Mali-T760 MP4 | Rockchip RK3288 | 52.1 |
| #42 | PowerVR G6200 | Helio X10 & MT8135 | 51.4 |
| #43 | PowerVR GE8320 | Helio P22 & A22 | 51.3 |
| #44 | Adreno 405 | Snapdragon 617, 616, 615, 610, & 415 | 50.7 |
| #45 | Mali-T628 MP4 | Kirin 935 & 930 | 46.0 |
| #46 | Mali-T830 MP1 | Exynos 7870 | 45.9 |
| #47 | Mali-T720 MP2 | Exynos 7580, MT6753, MT6737T, MT6737, & MT6735 | 42.2 |
| #48 | Mali-T604 MP4 | Exynos 5250 | 41.8 |
| #49 | Mali-T760 MP2 | MT6752 | 41.5 |
| #50 | Mali-T720 MP1 | Exynos 7570 | 39.8 |
| #51 | Adreno 308 | Snapdragon 427 & 425 | 38.6 |
| #52 | PowerVR GE8100 | MT6739 | 32.4 |
| #53 | Adreno 306 | Snapdragon 412 & 410 | 31.4 |
| #54 | Mali-450 MP4 | Kirin 620 | 27.4 |
How to interpret an invoice?
We have classified the GPUs in the following range to make the scores more meaningful.
Above 100
Provides the best gaming performance in smartphones. If you're looking to buy a phone with a 1440p or 2160p display, make sure the GPU scores over 100 for the best gaming experience. PUBG Mobile and Fortnite can be played at high settings.
Between 90-100
Android phones in this range officially support Fortnite Mobile. Strive for this range for the best 1080p gaming experience.
Between 60-89
Good gaming performance at 1080p. Most heavy games can be played without lag or other problems. PUBG Mobile can run on low / medium settings.
Between 50-59
Decent 1080p gaming performance and great performance on 720p displays. PUBG Mobile can be played at low settings.
Below 50
Gaming performance in this range is below average. Most games can still be played at 720p. PUBG Mobile may run on some phones at low settings.
This range is only suitable for casual games at 720p
Here short description of the various brands of GPUs that you see in the smartphone market. Mali GPUs can be seen in MediaTek, HiSilicon Kirin, and Exynos SOCs, while Adreno GPUs are designed by Qualcomm for Snapdragon processors.
Different types of GPUs / brands
ARM Mali
ARM Holdings also licenses the Mali GPU architecture for different manufacturers chips such as Huawei HiSilicon, MediaTek and Samsung. These companies include Mali Architecture and are implementing it in their SOCs. They often implement different GPU variants, which can have different cores and frequencies.
The number behind the Mali Chip represents the number of processing units or cores. For example, the "Mali-T880 MP12" has 12 cores. While architecture plays a large role in their performance, the number of cores and frequency also affect performance.
As of 2018, the latest Mali GPUs lag significantly behind Adreno and Apple GPUs in performance. And this is also reflected in our ratings. This is one of the reasons the GPU performance of Exynos, Kirin and MediaTek chips lags behind Qualcomm's Snapdragon and Apple A Series.
Adreno
Adreno GPUs are designed by Qualcomm and are used in their Snapdragon processor lineup. Adreno was formerly known as Imageon when it was first developed by ATI Technologies (which was later acquired by AMD). AMD later sold this to Qualcomm and they renamed it Adreno.
Since 2018, Adreno GPUs have only lagged behind Apple in terms of performance. Due to the impressive performance of the Adreno GPUs, the majority of mobile gamers prefer the Qualcomm Snapdragon SOC on Android devices.
PowerVR
PowerVR is owned by Imagination Technologies and they license their chipsets to many brands like Apple, MediaTek, Samsung, Intel, Spreadtrum, etc. Apple iPhone also used PowerVR GPUs prior to his Apple A10 Fusion SOC.
Apple GPUs
In the A11 Bionic and A12 Bionic, Apple pioneered the GPU. The performance of these GPUs is outstanding and there is no denying the fact that Apple is doing an amazing job with their SOCs.
Factors affecting GPU performance
There are three main factors that determine the performance of a mobile GPU.
- GPU architecture and manufacturing process. Without a doubt, a GPU that uses the new flagship architecture will perform better. In a Mali GPU, the number next to Mali corresponds to the specific architecture or design it uses. For example, in "Mali-G76 MP10" G76 is the name of the architecture, and since 2018 it is the most powerful ARM GPU ever made. Better manufacturing process results in better and more efficient productivity. This is very important when it comes to gaming. Older chips using a 28nm node often overheat during extended play.
- GPU clock speed. The higher the GPU frequency, the better the GPU performance will be. It couldn't be easier. Two GPUs with the same architecture may have different clock speeds, but this does not result in a significant difference in performance. For example, the Mali-T860 MP2 GPU in the MT6750 is clocked at 520 MHz, while the same GPU in the MT6750T is clocked at 650 MHz.
- Number of cores / processing units. While Apple and Qualcomm do not show the number of cores in their GPUs, we can know the same in the case of Mali GPUs by their codename. The number after MP shows the number of cores it has. For example, the Mali-G76 MP10 has 10 cores, while the Mali-G72 MP18 has 18. Two GPUs with the same architecture but different core count can have a significant impact on performance. For example, the Mali-T880 MP12 scores 81.8 in the Centurion Mark, but its 4- and 2-core variants score 64.9 and 60.6, respectively.
Centurion Mark for Smartphone GPUs
Centurion Mark calculation for mobile GPUs includes both calculation of raw benchmarks using an algorithm and manual game testing. We use the same set of games to test each GPU. During this process, we also consider the screen resolution of the device.
Therefore, we only run these tests at 1080p to get consistent results regardless of the phone's screen resolution. Here are 4 factors that play the biggest role in calculating the sign of the Centurion.
- Performance in heavy games
- Expanded gaming performance
- GPU raw benchmarks
- Performance in casual games
We hope this list completes your search for this smartphone with the best GPU. Smartphone gaming is gaining popularity and we want consumers to be aware of the capabilities of their device.
But before deciding to buy a phone, be sure to check your gaming benchmarks for specific device on YouTube. It will help you better understand the gaming performance of this phone. This is important because every phone is not the same, and while it does have a decent GPU, there is no guarantee it will perform like the rest.
Technical details
Mali 55 is the first product in this line and ARM's first attempt at making its own graphics card. Mali 55 supports the OpenGL ES 1.1 standard and can process up to 1 million triangles per second, and it is also the world's smallest graphics chip, with a die area of only 1 mm². The first model to have a Mali 55 graphics chip is Renoir, however the graphics chip in this phone cannot handle graphics, but is only used to optimize the interface.
Mali 200- ARM's next step in developing its own graphics cards for mobile devices. Compared to the Mali 55, the 200 supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and can handle up to 16 million triangles per second with a 275 MHz graphics chip. The 200th model has one geometry processor and one pixel processor, due to which it can process 1 pixel per clock, so at a frequency of 275 mHz, the graphics chip can process 275 million pixels per second. The Mali 200 graphics chip is presented in two versions - LP and GP, which differ in clock frequency
Mali 300 is the first chip from ARM, which can reproduce graphics of the level of Sony PSP. The Mali 300 is a further development of the Mali 200 architecture, the maximum frequency of the graphics chip has been increased to 395 MHz, which increased the performance to 30 million triangles per second. The Mali 300 is the first in the Mali line of graphics cards to have its own graphics memory in 8 kb
Mali 400 is a further development of the Mali 300 architecture. Mali 400 - has the same characteristics as the Mali 300, but it is a modular solution that can include up to 4 graphics cores, instead of Mali 55 and Mali 200/300 - exclusively single-core solutions. Due to the fact that the Mali 400 can be a multi-core graphics chip, the die area has been increased to 4.7 mm², in addition, the Mali 400 has an increased graphics memory of 32-256 kb (depending on the number of cores), compared to the 300 model, which had only 8 kb. The 400 model has one geometry processor and can have up to four pixel processors. Like the 200th model, the Mali 400, processes only 1 pixel per clock, but thanks to the multi-core, and the ability to have from one to four pixel processors, the performance of the 400th model can be 4 times higher, thanks to the ability to process each pixel by each of the four pixel processors. when the 200th and 300th models have only one such processor.
Mali 604 and Mali 658- it latest developments from ARM, which promise the latest Xbox 360-quality performance and graphics never seen before. These video chips will fully support the OpenVG 1.1, OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, DirectX 11 and OpenCL 1.1 standards. The promised performance of the older model Mali 658 (8 graphics cores) is about 4-5 times higher than the capabilities of the Mali 400
Implementation
Mali GPUs in different variations can be found in such chipsets:
| Manufacturer | Chipset name | Mali graphics chip version |
|---|---|---|
| Allwinner | A10, A13 | Mali-400 MP |
| AMLogic | 8726-M, 8726-MX | Mali-400 MP / MP2 |
| CSR | Quatro 5300 Series | Mali-400 MP |
| NetLogic | Au1380, Au1350 | Mali-200 |
| NUFRONT | NuSmart 2816 | Mali-400 MP |
| NUFRONT | NuSmart 2816M | Mali-400 MP |
| NUFRONT | NuSmart 115 | Mali-400 MP |
| Rockchip | RK3066 | Mali-400 MP4 |
| Samsung | Exynos 4210, 4212, 4412 | Mali-400 MP |
| Samsung | Exynos 5 Dual | Mali-T604 MP4 |
| Samsung | Exynos 5 Quad | Mali-T658 MP4 |
| Samsung | S5P6450 Vega | Mali-400 MP |
| Socle-Tech | Leopard-6 | Mali-200 |
| Spreadtrum | SC8810, SC6820 | Mali |
| ST-Ericsson | NovaThor U9500, U8500, U5500 | Mali-400 MP |
| STMicroelectronics | SPEAr1340 | Mali-200 |
| STMicroelectronics | STi7108, STiH416 | Mali-400 MP |
| Telechips | TCC8803, TCC8902, TCC8900, TCC9201 | Mali-200 |
| WonderMedia | Prizm WM8950 | Mali-400 MP |
Notes (edit)
Links
- Mali developer is a developer site powered by ARM
- ARM Mali GPU Evolution - ARM CEO on the evolution of Mali graphics chips(English)
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