Qualcomm Adreno 690

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.

Adreno 600 Series

Adreno 660
Adreno 650	@ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690
Adreno 685
Adreno 680
Adreno 642
Adreno 642L
Adreno 640
Adreno 630
Adreno 620
Adreno 619
Adreno 619L
Adreno 618
Adreno 616
Adreno 612
Adreno 610

Shared Memory

yes

API

DirectX 12

Power Consumption

7 Watt

technology

5 nm

Date of Announcement

06.12.2018

CPU in Adreno 690		GPU Base Speed	GPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3	8 x 2400 MHz, 7 W	? MHz	? MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy

3 pt (3%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 -71%

...

Intel Iris Graphics 5100 -4%

Intel HD Graphics 4600 -4%

NVIDIA Quadro K610M -3%

Intel HD Graphics 5500 -3%

AMD Radeon R7 M260X -2%

AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) 0%

NVIDIA NVS 5200M 0%

AMD Radeon R5 M335 0%

Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 690

AMD Radeon R5 M430 1%

AMD Radeon HD 8730M 4%

AMD Radeon R5 M255 6%

Intel HD Graphics 615 7%

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) 7%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 8%

AMD Radeon R5 M240 8%

AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) 8%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 1707%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score

909 Points (3%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	909

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics

811 Points (2%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	811

Intel UHD Graphics 605 -86%

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 -11%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 -10%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) -8%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs -8%

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 -7%

AMD Radeon RX 540 -3%

AMD Radeon 540X -2%

Intel UHD Graphics 770 -2%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 690

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 1%

NVIDIA Quadro M620 6%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 8%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 15%

AMD Radeon Pro 450 17%

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 18%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 20%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 21%

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 23%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 1459%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

11034 Points (12%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	11034

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

13768 Points (5%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	13768

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

2758 Points (5%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	2758

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

2837 Points (4%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	2837

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

14652 Points (2%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	14652

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

3115 Points (4%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	3115

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

2979 Points (3%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	2979

AMD Radeon HD 6250 -94%

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AMD Radeon R8 M365DX -5%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake) -5%

AMD Radeon HD 6970M -5%

NVIDIA GeForce MX130 -4%

NVIDIA Quadro M600M -2%

AMD Radeon HD 8870M -1%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 0%

AMD FirePro M5100 0%

NVIDIA GeForce 845M 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 690

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 0%

NVIDIA Quadro P500 1%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4%

AMD FirePro W5130M 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 5%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 8%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 8%

AMD Radeon HD 6990M 9%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 9%

...

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT 1310%

100%

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

558 points (0%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1 21BX000QGE	SD 8cx Gen 3	Adreno 690	32 GB	558

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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.