Dragonwing Q5 Series

The Qualcomm Dragonwing Q5 series covers rugged handhelds, scanners, cameras, kiosks, and mobile robots. QCS5430 and QCM5430 are lower Cortex-A78 parts on the same platform as QCS6490. QRB5165 is a robotics Cortex-A77 part.

General Specifications

Specs
PartCPUGPUMemoryAI
QCS5430Cortex-A78 and Cortex-A55, 6 cores up to 2.1 GHz
6 nm
Adreno 643L @ 812 MHzLPDDR5 @ 3200 MHz
LPDDR4x @ 2133 MHz
Hexagon 770
3.5 INT8 TOPS on feature pack 1, up to 9 TOPS with software SKUs
QCM54304x Cortex-A78 + 4x Cortex-A55, up to 2.7 GHz
6 nm
Adreno 642L / Adreno 643 @ 812 MHzLPDDR5 / LPDDR4x, up to 4200 MHzSame Kodiak platform as QCS5430
QRB51654x Cortex-A77 up to 2.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
7 nm
Adreno 650LPDDR5 @ 2750 MHz
LPDDR4x @ 2133 MHz
5th gen AI Engine, 15 TOPS
Hexagon 698

Variant Differences:

  • QCS5430: Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, 1x1, Bluetooth 5.2. Android, Linux, Ubuntu, and Windows. Two displays, DisplayPort 1.4, one 4-lane DSI, and two PCIe lanes. 10-year longevity. CPU, GPU, camera, and AI are sold as feature packs.
  • QCM5430: All four Cortex-A78 cores are enabled, rather than the 6-core mix on QCS5430. Wi-Fi 6E 2x2, and the same OS list. The modem prefix is the other difference from QCS5430.
  • QRB5165: Spectra 480 ISP, with 200 MP photos, 8K recording, and 4K HDR. Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4 at 2x2, Bluetooth 5.1. Linux and Ubuntu. Three displays. 11-year longevity.

Linux Support

Mainline kernel

Mesa GPU support

  • Adreno 643 and Adreno 650 are supported by Freedreno

Resources


Boards with Dragonwing Q5

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