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Snapdragon X Series – update your Qualcomm Adreno graphics driver

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Dileep Karpur
Aug 5, 2025
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  • Latest upgradeable graphics driver (UGD) now available for devices powered by Snapdragon X Series processors.
  • Includes fixes and improvements to games and apps, plus system-level fixes.
  • See included release notes for full details.

If you’re using devices powered by Snapdragon X Series processors, you can now download and install our update to the Qualcomm Adreno graphics driver. Our latest version 31.0.112.0 contains fixes and improvements for machines running Windows on Snapdragon.

Besides performance improvements to games and apps, you’ll find system-level fixes, including:

  • Display fixes
  • Additional support for OpenCL’s cl_khr_external_memory_win32 extension
  • Fixes to OpenCL’s cl_khr_d3d11_sharing extension

If you’ve already registered, you can access the graphics driver now; otherwise, register here, then access the graphics driver.

The installer package includes release notes and step-by-step installation instructions. It also includes one-step uninstall instructions.

Improvements to games and apps

Once you’ve installed the driver, look for improvements in these Windows-based games and apps:

Improvements in stability/quality of games

  • DIRT 5
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • Valheim
  • Satisfactory
  • R.E.P.O.
  • Cookie Clicker
  • Cyberpunk 2077

Improvements in game performance

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Rocket League
  • God of War
  • Helldivers 2

Improvements in app stability and performance

  • Jianying Pro
  • MuMu Emulator
  • Fixes for bugs reported by Android Emulator providers

See the release notes inside the package for more details, the changelog and known issues.

Next steps

Download and install the latest version of our upgradeable graphics driver (UGD) and let us know what you think.

You can connect to the developer community through our Windows on Snapdragon support forum and join the UGD channel on Developer Discord to participate in real-time discussions with your fellow developers.

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