Snapdragon 712 vs Snapdragon 690
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 (with Adreno 616 graphics) and Snapdragon 690 (Adreno 619L). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
- 15% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~27%)
- Performs 27% better in floating-point computations
- Announced 1-year and 5-months later
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 9 score – 348K vs 284K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 76057 | 110871 |
| GPU | 82641 | 76980 |
| Memory | 47941 | 63839 |
| UX | 80148 | 99447 |
| Total score | 284389 | 348178 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 94.2 Mpixels/s | 112.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 14.7 images/s | 17.1 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 26 words/s | 29 words/s |
| Machine learning | 21.1 images/s | 26.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 11.6 images/s | 16.5 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.78 Mnodes/s | 2.24 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 465.4 Krows/s | 591.6 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Score | 652 | 811 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 52 FPS [Medium] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 38 FPS [Medium] |
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| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Medium] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 47 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 712 and Snapdragon 690CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 384 KB | - |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 5 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 616 | Adreno 619L |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 750 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 384 Gigaflops | 486 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 DSP | Hexagon 692 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3360 x 1440 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | Snapdragon X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | February 2019 | June 2020 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM712 | SM6350 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site |
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