Qualcomm Adreno 690 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

Place in the ranking	371	808
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.94	26.49
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega Kaby Lake-G	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	6 December 2018 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	931 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	7 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size

medium sized

no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX

12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega M GL / 870 13.93
+424%

Qualcomm Adreno 690 2.66

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX Vega M GL / 870 9862
+239%

Qualcomm Adreno 690 2912

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega M GL / 870 7329
+150%

Qualcomm Adreno 690 2933

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega M GL / 870 38812
+132%

Qualcomm Adreno 690 16708

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RX Vega M GL / 870 2072
+155%

Qualcomm Adreno 690 811

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	41 +86.4%	22 −86.4%
1440p	28 +460%	5−6 −460%
4K	13 +550%	2−3 −550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24
+175%

8−9

−175%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	47 +262%	12−14 −262%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +283%	12−14 −283%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 +230%	10−11 −230%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +210%	30−33 −210%
Hitman 3	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +135%	30−35 −135%
Metro Exodus	53 +382%	10−12 −382%
Red Dead Redemption 2	48 +269%	12−14 −269%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +65.2%	45−50 −65.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +154%	12−14 −154%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +283%	12−14 −283%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30 +200%	10−11 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +210%	30−33 −210%
Hitman 3	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +135%	30−35 −135%
Metro Exodus	41 +273%	10−12 −273%
Red Dead Redemption 2	37 +185%	12−14 −185%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +100%	16−18 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +65.2%	45−50 −65.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +76.9%	12−14 −76.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +100%	10−11 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +210%	30−33 −210%
Hitman 3	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +135%	30−35 −135%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +167%	9 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +65.2%	45−50 −65.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

32
+146%

12−14

−146%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +211%	9−10 −211%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +214%	7−8 −214%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17 +325%	4−5 −325%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +167%	6−7 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +630%	10−11 −630%
Hitman 3	16−18 +88.9%	9−10 −88.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +164%	10−12 −164%
Metro Exodus	27 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +525%	4−5 −525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +275%	4−5 −275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +184%	30−35 −184%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21
+133%

9−10

−133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +1083%	6−7 −1083%
Metro Exodus	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +267%	3−4 −267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10
+100%

5−6

−100%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and Qualcomm Adreno 690 compete in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is 86% faster in 1080p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 460% faster in 1440p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 550% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX Vega M GL / 870 surpassed Qualcomm Adreno 690 in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.93	2.66
Recency	7 January 2018	6 December 2018
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	7 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has a 423.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Qualcomm Adreno 690, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 828.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Qualcomm Adreno 690 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.