Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 690
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 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 835
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 14.9 GB/s)
- 23% higher CPU clock speed (2450 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Announced 3-years and 8-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
- Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 8 score – 318K vs 285K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 81260 | 106188 |
| GPU | 109179 | 62482 |
| Memory | 49789 | 55313 |
| UX | 38165 | 59570 |
| Total score | 285251 | 318642 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 95.3 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 13.3 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 31.5 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 24.1 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 14.5 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.99 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 534.8 Krows/s | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 690CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2450 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 540 | Adreno 619L |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 558 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 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | Hexagon 692 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm Aqstic | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X16 LTE | X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2016 | June 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | MSM8998 | SM6350 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site |
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