The premium graphics accelerator for smartphones and tablets PowerVR G6430 was designed by the developer Imagination Technologies and introduced in September 2013. At that time, it was one of the fastest devices of this class. It is its parameters, specifications and characteristics that will be examined in detail and in stages in the framework of this review.
Accelerator Specialization
As noted earlier, the PowerVRG6430 accelerator at the start of sales provided a very high level of performance. At the same time, energy efficiency is also quite good. Therefore, such a graphic device has found quite a large application in the flagship phones of 2013-2014. At the same time, this model of the adapter still continues to be relevant and allows smartphones to perform various demanding tasks.
Specifications
This accelerator is codenamed Rogue. And so is called not only the microprocessor of this accelerator, but also the architecture that underlies it. The video card chip was manufactured according to the tolerance standards, which corresponded to 28 nm.
The PowerVR G6430 specifications indicated that it included 4 standard stream processors and two specialized shader modules. The latter in nominal mode operated at a frequency of 457 MHz. If the automatic overclocking mode was activated, its value could increase to 640 MHz.
The relevance of the graphics device. Reviews
As previously noted, the speed and performance of the PowerVR G6430 today continues to remain at a fairly high level. Therefore, even the most demanding tasks, mobile devices with such a graphics accelerator inside are able to solve.
Many mobile processor devices were equipped with a PowerVR G6430 graphics card. Intel, for example, has released a series of ATOM CPUs, which included chips from the Z3530, Z3560, Z3570, and Z3580 models. Also, this accelerator was used in the A7 microprocessor from Apple. The latter was used in the most popular smartphone of the time iPhone 5s.
Owners of mobile devices with such a graphics adapter focused on such advantages as speed and energy efficiency. But the disadvantages include only high cost. But when you consider that such a microprocessor was used only in flagship smartphones, then everything falls into place. Such devices may not initially be available.
Conclusion
Indeed, the top-end video card in the segment of mobile devices by the standards of 2013 was PowerVR G6430. At that time, it was widely used in the flagship high-performance smartphones of various eminent manufacturers of computer technology. And although since then the model range of cell phones for each of them has been updated, but solutions based on the hero of this review still have sufficient speed, they can cope with the software applications assigned to them without any problems. Their only drawback is the wear of the battery and, accordingly, the reduced battery life. Therefore, the owners of such devices should now think about replacing.