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Qualcomm Adreno 640 vs Qualcomm Adreno 642 vs Qualcomm Adreno 690

Qualcomm Adreno 640

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The Qualcomm Adreno 640 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. The chip will be available from early 2019 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 640 GPU offers a 20% improved performance over the Adreno 630, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 845 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 640 having 50% more FP16 and FP32 compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 630, while its 7 nm FinFET manufacturing process makes it 20% more efficient too.

The Adreno 640 will also support the Vulkan 1.1 API, something which is possible for other Adreno 600 series GPUs too.

Qualcomm Adreno 642

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The Qualcomm Adreno 642 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G SoC. The chip will be available from mid 2021 and will be used mainly in upper mid-range Android devices.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 642 GPU offers a 50% improved performance over the Adreno 620, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 768G SoC. This is also thanks to the fast LPDDR4X-4200 memory support of the SoC.

The Adreno 642 supports OpenCL 2.0 FP, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1.

The Snapdragon 780G is manufactured in the modern 5nm LPPE process with EUV at Samsung that should provide a good power efficiency.

Qualcomm Adreno 690

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The Qualcomm Adreno 690 is an integrated graphics card in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SoC for Windows laptops. According to Qualcomm, the 690 is up to 60% faster than the previous generation. In our tests with the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, the Adreno 690 was only on par with a low en Intel UHD Graphics iGPU and not well suited for 3D games.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm at Samsung (5LPE) and suited for fanless laptops.

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Qualcomm Adreno 640Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 690
Adreno 600 Series
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 613 @ 0.96 GHz
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 613 @ 0.96 GHz
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Adreno 660
Adreno 650 @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 644
Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 613 @ 0.96 GHz
Adreno 612
Adreno 610
Shared Memoryyesyesyes
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenGL ES 3.2DirectX 12
technology10 nm5 nm5 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
Date of Announcement12.02.2018 07.05.2021 06.12.2018
Power Consumption7 Watt
CPU in Adreno 640GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8608 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ / 855 Plus8 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8558 x 2840 MHz, 5 W? MHz585 MHz
min. - max.? - 250 MHz585 - 675 MHz
CPU in Adreno 642GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G8 x 1900 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 690GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 38 x 2400 MHz, 7 W? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Adreno 690
1.1 pt (3%)
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)
0.05576 -95%
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
0.0842 -92%
Qualcomm Adreno 540
0.192 -82%
Qualcomm Adreno 642L
0.3143 -71%
Qualcomm Adreno 690
1.097
...
Qualcomm Adreno 642L
0.3143 -71%
max:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
33.3 2936%
0%
100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
909 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
811 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 97354     avg: 108080     median: 106829 (11%)     max: 118129 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 8602     avg: 9818     median: 9818 (9%)     max: 11034 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 13768     avg: 16708     median: 16707.5 (4%)     max: 19647 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2758     avg: 2835     median: 2834.5 (4%)     max: 2911 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2837     avg: 2933     median: 2932.5 (3%)     max: 3028 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
14652 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 5268     avg: 7441     median: 7659 (33%)     max: 8661 Points
5587 Points (24%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 6358     avg: 9988     median: 10199 (22%)     max: 12070 Points
8380 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 3969     avg: 6014     median: 6182 (26%)     max: 6981 Points
4478 Points (19%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 5184     avg: 7016     median: 7072.5 (18%)     max: 8218 Points
6148 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 5251     avg: 7260     median: 7443 (66%)     max: 8338 Points
6989 Points (62%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 6122     avg: 9542     median: 9754.5 (59%)     max: 11259 Points
8588 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 4556     avg: 5605     median: 5670 (28%)     max: 6319 Points
5098 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 5429     avg: 6345     median: 6322.5 (21%)     max: 7150 Points
6087 Points (20%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 3079     avg: 3323     median: 3436 (2%)     max: 3455 Points
3212 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 864     avg: 936     median: 970 (1%)     max: 974 Points
786 Points (1%)
3067 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 3063     avg: 3085     median: 3077 (4%)     max: 3115 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2898     avg: 2930     median: 2912 (2%)     max: 2979 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Qualcomm Adreno 690
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
558 Points (0%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Qualcomm Adreno 690
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 13.4     avg: 13.7     median: 13.7 (1%)     max: 14 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Qualcomm Adreno 690
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
6.6 fps (2%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 8.5     avg: 17.5     median: 17 (3%)     max: 39 fps
18 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 16     avg: 40.5     median: 42 (3%)     max: 47 fps
50 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 22     avg: 40.2     median: 42 (4%)     max: 48 fps
40 fps (4%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 35     avg: 64.4     median: 69 (1%)     max: 79 fps
65 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 50     avg: 94.7     median: 99.5 (4%)     max: 112 fps
90 fps (4%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 640
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 85     avg: 158.9     median: 166 (1%)     max: 185 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 642
153 fps (1%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 204205     avg: 204715     median: 204715 (20%)     max: 205225 Points
162946 Points (16%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
64.9 fps (2%)
48 fps (1%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU OpenCL
2968 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU Vulkan
2419 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 10504     avg: 18251     median: 14922.5 (5%)     max: 40654 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 4244     avg: 11804     median: 5422.5 (9%)     max: 44840 Points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17     avg: 19.7     median: 19.7 (3%)     max: 22.3 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
15.8 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
16.4 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
7.8 Watt (3%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 81% n=1

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 690 → 316% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F1 22

F1 22

2022
low 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
26  fps
med. 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
22.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
17  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
12.6  fps
Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
100%
Adreno 642:
30  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 642:
60  fps
med.
Adreno 642:
59  fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 30 40 40 40 59 60 60 ~ 43 fps
140%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
ultra
Adreno 642:
40  fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 640:
30 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 62 ~ 57 fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Battle Bay

Battle Bay

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
X-Plane 11.11

X-Plane 11.11

2018
low 1280x720
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 20.7 21.3 ~ 14 fps
med. 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 18 18.9 ~ 12 fps
high 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 16.1 16.3 ~ 11 fps
4K 3840x2160
Adreno 690:
0 (!)  fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark

2018
low 1280x720
Adreno 690:
19  fps
med. 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
12.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
7.3  fps
Dota 2 Reborn

Dota 2 Reborn

2015
low 1280x720
Adreno 690:
57.1 57.5 58.7 ~ 58 fps
med. 1366x768
Adreno 690:
54.5 54.5 55.2 ~ 55 fps
high 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
38.8 45.9 47 ~ 44 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
29.4 40.2 40.7 ~ 37 fps
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
low 1024x768
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 35 38.6 ~ 25 fps
med. 1366x768
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 31.5 ~ 16 fps
high 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 19.1 ~ 10 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Adreno 690:
0 (!) 8.5 ~ 4 fps
4K 3840x2160
Adreno 690:
0 (!)  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
Adreno 690:
29.9  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 640:
28 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 ~ 36 fps
167%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 ~ 33 fps
182%
Adreno 642:
60  fps
Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
120  fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 642 → 147%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 163%

Qualcomm Adreno 640Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 690
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
F1 222622.51712.6
X-Plane 11.11141211
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark1912.37.29
Dota 2 Reborn58554437
The Witcher 32516104
GTA V29.9
Qualcomm Adreno 640Qualcomm Adreno 642Qualcomm Adreno 690
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For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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