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Qualcomm Adreno 685 vs Qualcomm Adreno 690

Qualcomm Adreno 685

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The Qualcomm Adreno 685 is an integrated graphics card in the Microsoft SQ1 ARM-based SoC. It is similar to the Adreno 680 in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC for Windows laptops but higher clocked and therefore with a higher theoretical performance (2 versus 1.8 TFlops).

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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Shared Memoryyesyes
APIDirectX 12DirectX 12
Power Consumption7 Watt7 Watt
technology7 nm5 nm
Date of Announcement06.12.2018 06.12.2018
CPU in Adreno 685GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Microsoft SQ18 x 3000 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%)
AMD Radeon HD 8180
0.05426 -95%
...
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
1 -9%
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
1.026 -6%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
1.044 -5%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
1.045 -5%
NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
1.047 -5%
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
1.047 -5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
1.059 -3%
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
1.067 -3%
AMD FirePro W5170M
1.089 -1%
Qualcomm Adreno 690
1.097
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
1.155 5%
NVIDIA Quadro M620
1.171 7%
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
1.181 8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
1.198 9%
NVIDIA Quadro P520
1.204 10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
1.253 14%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
1.253 14%
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
1.274 16%
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
1.305 19%
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
18.4 1577%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
33.3 2936%
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100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
909 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
811 Points (2%)
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 Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
3067 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
1968 Points (2%)
min: 3063     avg: 3085     median: 3077 (4%)     max: 3115 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
1927 Points (1%)
min: 2898     avg: 2930     median: 2912 (2%)     max: 2979 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Qualcomm Adreno 685
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
373 Points (0%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Qualcomm Adreno 690
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 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
31.7 fps (1%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 685
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
167.7 fps (1%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2292 Points (2%)
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%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 685 → 100% n=3

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 690 → 152% n=3

- 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
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
Qualcomm Adreno 685Qualcomm Adreno 690
lowmed.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
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