Rockchip RK3688#
Status: Upcoming — Rockchip roadmap targets Q1 2027. Specifications below are aggregated from the Rockchip Developer Conference (RKDC) and may change before release.
Rockchip’s next-generation flagship SoC, positioned above the RK3588. RK3688 is expected to use Arm’s new Magni GPU generation (marketed as Arm Mali G1 Ultra) and the RKNN-P3 NPU block.
General Specifications#
Specs
| SoC | Rockchip RK3688 |
|---|---|
| Process | 4–5 nm (300K+ DMIPS) |
| CPU | 12-core: 8× Cortex-A730 + 4× Cortex-A530 |
| RAM | 8-channel LPDDR5 / LPDDR5x / LPDDR6 (up to 200 GB/s) |
| GPU | Arm Mali Magni (2+ TFLOPS) |
| NPU | 32 TOPS (RKNN-P3) |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 |
| VPU | 16K@30fps decoder · 8K@60fps encoder |
Linux Support#
Not yet available — no public BSP or mainline support at this stage.
Further reading#
- State of Embedded: Q4 2025 Overview — RKDC roadmap and aggregated specs
- Exclusive: RK3572 First look & Geekbench results — RK3572 EVB at Embedded World 2026; RK3688 outlook (Q1 2027)
Boards with RK3688#
No boards announced yet.