Qualcomm Adreno 505 vs Qualcomm Adreno 506 Full Specs

48 Shaders
450MHz
48 Shaders
600MHz
Shared Memory6.4GB/sLPDDR3
Shared Memory7.5GB/sLPDDR3
··
43.2 GFLOPS
··
57.6 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
5W
TDP
5W

Adreno 505Adreno 50586.4 GFLOPSFP16
x1
Adreno 506Adreno 506115.2 GFLOPSFP16
x1.33

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
86.4 GFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
115.2 GFLOPSFP16
FP32
43.2 GFLOPS
FP32
57.6 GFLOPS
FP64
10.8 GFLOPS
FP64
14.4 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate
0.9 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
2.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
0.9 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
1.2 GTexel/s

Shaders
48 Shaders
Shaders
48 Shaders
TMUs
2 TMUs
TMUs
2 TMUs
ROPs
2 ROPs
ROPs
4 ROPs

Boost Clock
450MHz
Boost Clock
600MHz

L1
8KB/CU
L1
8KB/CU

Shared MemoryLPDDR3
Shared MemoryLPDDR3
Memory Bus
32-bit
Memory Bus
32-bit
Memory Speed
1.6GT/s
Memory Speed
1.9GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
6.4GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
7.5GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

TDP
5W
TDP
5W

Max Resolution
2520x1080
Max Resolution
2520x1080
Refresh Rate Calculator
1920x1080
Resolution1080p FHD
Refresh Rate
78Hz
Refresh Rate Calculator
1920x1080
Resolution1080p FHD
Refresh Rate
78Hz
Multi-Monitor
1
Multi-Monitor
1
DSC
Not Supported
DSC
Not Supported

DirectX
DirectX 11
Direct3D
11_1
DirectX
DirectX 11
Direct3D
11_1
OpenGL
3.2
OpenCL
2
Vulkan
1
OpenGL
3.2
OpenCL
2
Vulkan
1

Encoder
Hexagon 536
Encoder
Hexagon 546
Codec
H.263
MPEG-4
VP8
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
H.263
MPEG-4
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)

Decoder
Hexagon 536
Decoder
Hexagon 546
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VP8
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
Adreno branding
Branding
Adreno branding
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Smartphone
Release Date
Feb 11, 2016
Release Date
Sep 9, 2017

Foundry
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
Fabrication Node
28nm LP
Fabrication Node
14LPP

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