Adreno 203

The Adreno 203 is a GPU made by Qualcomm and it is mainly for entry level mobile phones running on Android. There had been mainly 2 GPU’s that had been extensively used by mobile phones manufacturers. This was used today by mainly the entry level phones while the Adreno 225 was used by the more multimedia higher end mobile phones.

Adreno 203

You can compare the different versions of the mobile phone below. Additionally when the Adreno 203 came to market you found them in the then high end mobile phones. Likewise you will note that the Adreno 203 in the 200 Series is 245 MHz clocked chip with only 4 shaders while the 225 comes with 8 at a higher clock speed. In addition the GPU has been used in the following mobile phones as an example. This is just a small listing of some of the phones which use this entry level GPU. Note that certain phones had been in the high-end market when the chip was released.

Nokia X Nokia XL

Likewise the above mentioned phones had been the high-end phones when they had been released. In addition you can compare the different GPU’s in the series below. The Adreno 203 graphics card features 1 execution unit and is equipped with 4 shading units. Its maximum frequency reaches 0.3GHz.

To provide a comprehensive overview of the card’s specifications, the table below displays important details such as lithography, the presence of transistors, cache memory, texture mapping units, render output units, release date, GFLOPS performance, as well as benchmark platform results.

 

Manufacturer	Qualcomm
Adreno 200 Series	Adreno 225 8 @ 400 MHz Adreno 220 8 @ 266 MHz Adreno 205 4 @ 245 MHz Adreno 203 4 @ 245 MHz Adreno 200 2 @ 128 MHz
Pipelines	4 – unified
Core Speed	~245 MHz
Shared Memory	yes

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Likewise also see other hardware on here. The Adreno 203 is an integrated graphics card commonly found in ARM-based SoCs like the MSM8225Q or 8625Q. It is primarily utilized in entry-level Android-based smartphones and tablets.

Additionally this GPU provides support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1, enabling smooth graphics rendering and efficient vector graphics acceleration.

In terms of improvements over its predecessor. The Adreno 200, the Adreno 203 boasts twice the number of shaders, resulting in 4x ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit). Likewise this enhancement enhances graphics processing capabilities and delivers enhanced visual performance.