Snapdragon 690 5G: Mid-range 5G Chipset

Get Ready for the Cheap 5G Smartphones

For the very first time, the 6 series of Qualcomm Snapdragon got the compatibility of the advance networking technologies because, on 16th of June,2020 Qualcomm announced a new chip 5G chipset name Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G, and making this CPU first 5G in the 600 series of chipsets.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G supports various latest features from the Qualcomm as this chip supports the X51 snapdragon 5G module, Qualcomm 5th gen artificial intelligence engine, capability of capturing 4k HDR video with the stabilization and most importantly support for higher refresh rate display up to 120Hz.

This CPU natively support for India's NavIc satellite navigation system and all these features paired with the up to 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM.

Indeed, this chipset is way faster then the previous Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 because of the 8nm fabrication by the Samsung and a total of 8 Kryo 560 central processing cores that runs on the 2.0 GHz on top that Adreno  619L GPU provide a boost in graphical intensive works and especially in games. If we compared with Qualcomm Snapdragon 675, this latest CPU is 20%-25% faster in terms of CPU performance and up to 60% faster in the GPU performance perspectives as per the company claims.

Here are the features of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G listed on the Qualcomm website.

First 5G connectivity in 6-series

Support for TDD, FDD and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for global 5G coverage 

First 5th gen Qualcomm AI Engine and Hexagon Tensor Accelerator in a 6-series

More than 70% improvement in AI performance compared to its predecessor

Qualcomm® Sensing Hub for always-on environment awareness and AI virtual assistance

Support for 4K HDR video recording a first in the 6-series

Up to 192MP capture for larger than life photos

Qualcomm Spectra 355L ISP for crisp capture and noise reduction

Improved Adreno 619L offers up to 60% faster graphics rendering compared to the Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform

Improved Kryo 560 offers up to 20% performance improvement compared to Snapdragon 675

Supports 120 Hz on-device display – a first in the 6-series

Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave provides major power efficiency improvements for big battery benefits 

Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6200 Mobile Connectivity Subsystem provides highly integrated 2x2 mobile connectivity (Dual Wi-Fi antennas) that is Wi-Fi 6 ready
Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive Audio keeps audio in sync with media 

aptX Adaptive Audio for robust, low-latency, high-quality wireless audio  

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec (up to Qualcomm® WCD9385) smart speaker amplifier (up to Qualcomm® WSA8815)

We can expect that this chipset will be available in the Q2 2020 in the Mid Ranged priced Phone in the Global market. Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G will be the game-changer in terms of 5G accessibility.

source: Verge, gadgets360, Qualcomm