Snapdragon 690 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 690 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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.
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 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 60% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 690 (3200 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 3.16% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 690 (980 vs 950 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 690 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -50.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 690 (4 vs 8 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 269.65% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 690 (1,277 K vs 345 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 690.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 110385 | 270867 |
| GPU | 76645 | 567801 |
| Memory | 63724 | 239879 |
| UX | 94636 | 198202 |
| Total score | 345390 | 1276749 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 111.3 Mpixels/s | 251.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 16.9 images/s | 46.2 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 28.8 words/s | 122.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 26.7 images/s | 114.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 15.9 images/s | 51.7 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.25 Mnodes/s | 5.81 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 579.5 Mnodes/s | 1510 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
6%
SD 690100%
SD 8 Gen 2Score: 12967
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 81 FPS |
| Score | 811 | 12967 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | QHD @ 60Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | HDR10 | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
58%
SD 69092%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency
| Architecture |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1700 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2000 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 8 | 4 |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619L | Adreno 740 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 128 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5x |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 692 | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP | 1 x 200 MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, 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 | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2020 | November 2022 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM6350 | SM8550-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 690 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
40
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
63.25
Review By TenzysTech
