Snapdragon 690 Vs Dimensity 900
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 690 vs Dimensity 900 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Snapdragon 690 has 5.56% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (950 vs 900 MHz).
- Snapdragon 690 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900
- Dimensity 900 has 20% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 690 (2400 vs 2000 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 690 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 690 (6 vs 8 nm).
- Dimensity 900 has 35.55% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 690 (468 K vs 345 K ).
- Dimensity 900 Support 23.49% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 690 (18.4 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 110385 | 125384 |
GPU | 76645 | 125188 |
Memory | 63724 | 83836 |
UX | 94636 | 133752 |
Total score | 345390 | 468160 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 111.3 Mpixels/s | 123.5 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 16.9 images/s | 20.5 images/s |
Speech recognition | 28.8 words/s | 38.3 words/s |
Machine learning | 26.7 images/s | 33.1 images/s |
Camera shooting | 15.9 images/s | 19.6 images/s |
HTML 5 | 2.25 Mnodes/s | 2.51 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 579.5 Mnodes/s | 632.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
6%
SD 69017%
Dimensity 900Score: 2167
Stability | 99% | 98% |
Graphics test | 4 FPS | 12 FPS |
Score | 811 | 2167 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 and Mediatek Dimensity 900Display
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz | [email protected] |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | QHD @ 60Hz | - |
HDR | HDR10 | HDR |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
58%
SD 69069%
Dimensity 900
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1700 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 8 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | - | 10 Billion |
TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 619L | Mali-G68 MC4 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall 2 |
GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 900 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 4 |
Shading units | 128 | 48 |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 18.4 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 692 | Yes |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
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, AV1, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X51 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | June 2020 | May 2021 |
Class | Mid-range | Mid range |
Model number | SM6350 | MT6877 |
Official page | Snapdragon 690 official site | Dimensity 900 official site |