Details on Qualcomm’s Adreno X1 GPU Architecture Emerge

Qualcomm has provided new details about the Adreno X1 GPU integrated into their latest series of processors, Snapdragon X Elite/Plus. The Adreno X1 is the first custom-designed GPU from Qualcomm for Windows on ARM systems. The highest configuration of this GPU, known as the “X1-85,” features “8” indicating the GPU level and “5” denoting the SKU.

The Adreno X1 boasts up to 6 shaders, 1536 FP32 ALUs, and can handle 96 texels per cycle. It delivers up to 4.6 TFLOPS of peak performance and processes 72 million pixels per second. It supports major graphics APIs, including DirectX 12.1 (Shader Model 6.7), DirectX 11, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenCL 3.0.

Qualcomm compared the Adreno X1-85 to Intel’s Core Ultra 7 155H mobile processor with 8 Xe cores, claiming that the Adreno X1-85 matches or exceeds Intel GPU performance in many games at 1080p resolution. However, Qualcomm did not provide specific details about the game settings or test platform.

Additionally, Qualcomm introduced the “Adreno Control Panel,” an app for game optimization and driver updates, which Qualcomm promises to update at least once a month.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops will be available from June 18, however, they can already be preordered.