Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G vs Mediatek MT8183

Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G (SD690) is a fast mid-range ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. It features 8 Kryo 560 called cores (64-Bit capable) that are divided in two clusters. A fast cluster of two cores with up to 2 GHz and  based on the ARM Cortex-A77 design. And a power saving efficiency cluster with up to 1.7 GHz and based on much smaller ARM Cortex-A55 cores. Both clusters can also used together.

In addition to the 8 CPU cores, the SoC integrates a lower mid range Adreno 619L GPU, a X51 5G radio (up to 2.5 Gbits download, no mmWave), a 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6, 8x8 sounding, WPA3, Dual Band, 2x2), a Bluetooth 5.1 radio, satellite positioning (GPS, QZSS, GLONASS, SBAS, Beidou and Galileo) and a video engine (support for H.265, H.264, VP8 and VP9).

Performance

Due to the two big A77 cores, the performance of the SoC in our benchmarks is on par with mid range SoCs like the Snapdragon 765 or the Dimensity 800U.

The Snapdragon 690 is produced in the 8nm LPP (Low Power Plus) process at Samsung.

Mediatek MT8183

The Mediatek MT8183 is a mainstream ARM SoC (System on a Chip) that was introduced in Late 2019 and is primarily used for Android based tablets. It is manufactured in a 12 nm process (unverified) and has a total of eight CPU cores with four powerful Cortex-A73 and four small Cortex-A53 cores in a big.LITTLE configuration. The integrated graphics card is a ARM Mali-G72 with three clusters (MP3).

Features

Besides CPU and GPU, the chip is also equipped with an LPDDR3/LPDDR4x memory controller, a Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac) modem (but no cellular modem). Furthermore, Mediatek states that it integrated an AI accelerator with a performance of 0.5 TOPS.

The maximum display resolution is only 2,400 x 1,080 pixels.