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Qualcomm
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
Qualcomm's June 2020 Snapdragon 690 5G is its first 5G platform in the 6-series, pairing two Cortex-A77 and six Cortex-A55 cores on 8nm with an Adreno 619L GPU and an integrated X51 modem. It supports FHD+ displays at 120 Hz and 4K HDR video capture, and appeared in phones such as the OnePlus Nord N10 5G.
Pros
- X51 modem reaches 2.5 Gbps download on sub-6 GHz 5G networks, with SA and NSA modes and global multi-SIM
- Supports FHD+ displays at 120 Hz, a first for the 6-series
- 4K HDR video capture in HDR10 format, plus photo capture up to 192 MP
- Hexagon Tensor Accelerator and a fifth-generation AI Engine, rated over 70% faster in AI than the Snapdragon 675
- FastConnect 6200 brings 2x2 Wi-Fi 6-ready connectivity and Bluetooth 5.1
Cons
- Sub-6 GHz 5G only, with no mmWave support
- Qualcomm rates the CPU only up to 20% faster than the Snapdragon 675, a modest generational step
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 8 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A77 + 6x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 619L
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 692
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-1866
- Max bandwidth
- 14.9 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X51 5G
- Max download
- 2.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 120Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@30fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 252Bottom 19%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. Qualcomm's June 2020 Snapdragon 690 5G is its first 5G platform in the 6-series, pairing two Cortex-A77 and six Cortex-A55 cores on 8nm with an Adreno 619L GPU and an integrated X51 modem. It supports FHD+ displays at 120 Hz and 4K HDR video capture, and appeared in phones such as the OnePlus Nord N10 5G.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G?
Cores: 8 · Process: 8 nm · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 619L
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Samsung Exynos 850, MediaTek Helio G85, MediaTek Helio G80 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
