Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  4 8
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 1.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.45 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.45 GHz 1.70 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Kryo 280 Gold 2x Kryo 560 Gold
• B core
  4x Kryo 280 Silver 6x Kryo 560 Silver

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 540 Qualcomm Adreno 619L
• GPU frequency
  0.71 GHz 0.95 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.71 GHz No turbo
• Shader
  384 0
• Generation
  5 6
• DirectX Version
  11.1 12.1
• Technology
  10 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q4/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-1866
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Kryo 280 Kryo 560
• Technology
  10 nm 8 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2020
• Part Number
  MSM8998 SM6350