AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) vs Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)

FPGA / Versal coverage note: 1,243 rows come from the AMD Vitis AI 3.0/3.5 Model Zoo tables; 733 (59%) are image classification. Detection, segmentation and other workloads are thinner, and there is no LLM or speech data for these boards. All are vendor-published (grade D). FPGA / Versal overview.

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Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) is faster in the only like-for-like comparison (largest gap: image classification, 1.12×).

	AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)
Best image classification	8598 FPS D Older data (2023)	940 FPS D 2026-10-07 (published)
Power	n/a	n/a
Perf / W	n/a	n/a
Price	n/a	n/a
Workloads with data	4 of 7	6 of 7

Best published image classification result per platform (may be from different like-for-like groups — see data). n/a = not published; never estimated.

Show data — all workloads, sources and like-for-like groups

object detection

⚠ MIXED COMPARISON — not like-for-like. Baseline large (YOLO-l) at batch 14. Differs: model-size class unknown vs large (YOLO-l); batch 1 vs 14.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	164 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=14	yolov5l_pt INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 Library (VART), batch 14 DPU · large (YOLO-l)	D	unknown power n/a no power published	AMD UG1354 Vitis AI Library performance tables undated
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) MIXED: model-size class unknown vs large (YOLO-l); batch 1 vs 14	276 FPS inference_time · b=1	yolov8_det / YOLOv8-Detection w8a8 · Qualcomm AI Hub tflite (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · unknown	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)

No shared like-for-like group exists for this pair.

instance segmentation

Only Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) has published instance segmentation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)	240 FPS inference_time · b=1	yolov8_seg / YOLOv8-Segmentation w8a8 · Qualcomm AI Hub tflite (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · unknown	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)

AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802):

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No published instance segmentation results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

pose estimation

⚠ MIXED COMPARISON — not like-for-like. Baseline mid-size CNN at batch 1. Differs: model-size class mobile-class CNN vs mid-size CNN; batch unknown vs 1.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)	291 FPS inference_time · b=1	hrnet_pose w8a8 · Qualcomm AI Hub onnx (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) MIXED: model-size class mobile-class CNN vs mid-size CNN; batch unknown vs 1	428 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	pt_movenet_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · mobile-class CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

No shared like-for-like group exists for this pair.

image classification

✓ Like-for-like: model-size class mid-size CNN, batch 1. Model, precision and stack may still differ.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)	379 FPS inference_time · b=1	resnet50 w8a8 · Qualcomm AI Hub onnx (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	337 FPS throughput · b=1	resnet50 (TRD example xmodel) INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 DPUCV2DX8G reference design, test_dpu_runner_mt · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 VEK280 DPUCV2DX8G reference design (ResNet50 example) Older data (2023)

semantic segmentation

⚠ MIXED COMPARISON — not like-for-like. Baseline mobile-class CNN at batch 1. Differs: model-size class mid-size CNN vs mobile-class CNN; batch unknown vs 1.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)	71.69 FPS inference_time · b=1	deeplabv3_plus_mobilenet w8a8 · Qualcomm AI Hub onnx (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · mobile-class CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) MIXED: model-size class mid-size CNN vs mobile-class CNN; batch unknown vs 1	1564 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	tf2_2D-UNET_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

No shared like-for-like group exists for this pair.

speech-to-text

Only Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) has published speech-to-text results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)	42.65 FPS inference_time · b=1	whisper_small_quantized / decoder w8a16 · Qualcomm AI Hub voice_ai (QAIRT 2.50.0.260828221209) · Whisper small	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) 2026-10-07 (published)

AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802):

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No published speech-to-text results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

LLM generation

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No published LLM generation results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

How to read these numbers

Every number is labelled. Confidence: A MLPerf closed, audited · B documented third-party method · C community / review · D vendor-published, not independently verified · E estimate. Power basis: measured with the result · spec vendor spec/envelope · power n/a not published.

Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.