Overview - Snapdragon 690 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 690 vs Snapdragon 685 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 690 18
Snapdragon 685 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 690 12
Snapdragon 685 9
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 690 71
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 690 34
Snapdragon 685 34
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 690 Snapdragon 685
CPU 110385 81894
GPU 76645 39122
Memory 63724 77991
UX 94636 71216
Total score 345390 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

  • Snapdragon 690 has 27.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (345 K vs 270 K).
  • Snapdragon 690 Support 207.69% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (1200 vs 390 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 40% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 690 (2800 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 690 (6 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 685 Support 14.09% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 690 (17 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 690 607
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 690 1852
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

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Snapdragon 690 111.3
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

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Snapdragon 690 16.9
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 690 28.8
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 690 26.7
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 690 15.9
Snapdragon 685

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 690 2.25
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

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Snapdragon 690 579.5
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 4 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display QHD @ 60Hz -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

50%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 8 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 6 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619L Adreno 610
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz -
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 128 96
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 692 Hexagon 686
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X51 X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 900 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 210 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

CPU
18%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
14%
GPU
9%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 685 with a 40.00% higher clock speed (2800 MHz vs 2000 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 685 with a 25% smaller transistor size (6 nm vs 8 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 690 with a 27.82% better score (345390 vs 270223).