Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Snapdragon 690
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 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 855 Plus
- Supports 129% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
- 48% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2000 MHz)
- Shows significantly better (up to 48%) AnTuTu 8 score – 469K vs 318K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Announced 11-months later
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 149898 | 106188 |
| GPU | 192313 | 62482 |
| Memory | 92546 | 55313 |
| UX | 55253 | 59570 |
| Total score | 469728 | 318332 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 133.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 22.55 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 40.85 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 43.9 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 23.1 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.95 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 743.3 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Medium] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Realme X3 Superzoom 1080 x 2400 |
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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 855 Plus and Snapdragon 690CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.7 billion | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Adreno 619L |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 627 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 384 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1036 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Hexagon 692 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X24 LTE, X50 5G | X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | July 2019 | June 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | SM6350 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site |
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