Dragonwing Q6 / IQ6
The Qualcomm Dragonwing Q6 series is the commercial tier for retail, logistics, healthcare, warehousing, and manufacturing. Qualcomm rates that tier at up to 12 TOPS, with Wi-Fi 6E and optional 5G. IQ6 is the industrial tier for HMIs, edge controllers, gateways, handhelds, and machine vision. QCS6490 / QCM6490 has its own page. IQ-615 is the industrial part, with a Kryo 460 cluster of Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores and a Spectra 230 ISP.
General Specifications
Specs
| Part | CPU | GPU | Memory | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q-6690 | 1x Cortex-A715 @ 2.9 GHz 3x Cortex-A715 @ 2.7 GHz 4x Cortex-A510 @ 2.0 GHz 4 nm | Adreno @ 1.15 GHz | 2x16-bit LPDDR5 @ 3200 MHz | Hexagon, 6 TOPS. Android. Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6E, 2x2. Bluetooth 5.4 and Bluetooth 6.0 |
| QCS6490 / QCM6490 | Cortex-A78 and Cortex-A55, 6 nm | Adreno 643 | LPDDR5 / LPDDR4x | Full specifications are on the chip page |
| QCS610 | 2x Cortex-A76 up to 2.2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 11 nm | Adreno 612 | LPDDR4x @ 1804 MHz | Hexagon 685. Android and Linux. Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 4, 1x1. Bluetooth 5.0. 10-year longevity |
| QCS6125 | 4x Cortex-A73 @ 2.0 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 @ 1.8 GHz 11 nm | Adreno 610 | LPDDR4x @ 1804 MHz (2x16) LPDDR3 @ 933 MHz (1x32) | Hexagon 686. Snapdragon X12 LTE modem. Android and Linux. Wi-Fi 5 1x1. Bluetooth 5.0 |
| IQ-615 | 2x Cortex-A76 and 6x Cortex-A55, up to 1.9 GHz | Adreno 612 @ 845 MHz | 2x 16-bit LPDDR4x @ 1555 MHz Up to 8 GB | Hexagon V66 @ 1.0 GHz. Yocto Linux and Ubuntu. Industrial grade |
Variant Differences:
- Q-6690: Newer 4 nm part. Two DisplayPort outputs with multi-stream transport. 167 GPIOs.
- QCS610: USB 2.0, USB 3.1, and RGMII Ethernet. Two displays. The Cortex-A76 cluster is the same generation as the Talos platform (SM6150 / QCS615). QCS610 itself is not listed on that matrix.
- QCS6125: Adds the integrated X12 LTE modem that QCS610 does not have.
- IQ-615: Industrial grade. Spectra 230, Adreno VPU 443 (4K60 H.265/H.264/VP9 decode, 1080p60 H.265/H.264 encode), up to six cameras, and three displays. RGMII Ethernet, USB, PCIe, and Bluetooth 5.3. Junction temperature is -40°C to 105°C. Qualcomm lists support until 2038.
Linux Support
Mainline kernel
- QCS6490 / QCM6490: Fully supported. Matrix is on the chip page.
- Q-6690, QCS610, QCS6125, IQ-615: No mainline status matrix lists these SKUs. QCS610 and IQ-615 use the same Cortex-A76 generation as Talos (SM6150 / QCS615).
Qualcomm Linux
- IQ-615 lists Yocto Linux and Ubuntu
Resources
Boards with Dragonwing Q6 / IQ6
List of boards:
