Qualcomm QCS6490
The QCS6490 is an ARM system-on-chip designed by Qualcomm.
Fastest
15,394MIPS
Dragon Q6A
Quick facts
- Maker:
- Qualcomm
- Architecture:
- ARM
- CPU:
- 1× Cortex-A78, 3× Cortex-A78, 4× Cortex-A55
- GPU:
- Qualcomm® Adreno 643
- NPU:
- NPU (12 TOPS)
- Class:
- Performance / Flagship
- Released:
- 2021
- Updated:
- 29 Sept 2026
Specifications
| Instruction set | ARM |
| Total CPU cores | 8 |
| CPU clusters | 1× Cortex-A78 @ 2.70 GHz 3× Cortex-A78 @ 2.40 GHz 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.90 GHz |
| GPU | Qualcomm® Adreno 643 |
| NPU / AI | NPU (12 TOPS) |
| Process node | 6 nm |
| Memory | LPDDR4X, LPDDR5 |
| Video decode | H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VP9 |
| Video encode | H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC) |
| Max video | 4K60 |
1 tested SBC using this SoC
| Compare | # | Board | Single-Core (MIPS) | Multi-Core (MIPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radxa Dragon Q6A 6GB LPDDR5 Radxa Dragon Q6A 6GB LPDDR5 | 3,566 | 15,394 |
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Scores are 7-Zip compression performance in MIPS (millions of instructions per second); higher is better. View 7-Zip rankings.
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Sources: docs.qualcomm.com, qualcomm.com.