NVIDIA DGX Spark vs Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490)
No like-for-like comparison yet: both have published results, but model size or batch differ. Treat the numbers below as indicative only.
| NVIDIA DGX Spark | Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) | |
|---|---|---|
| Best object detection | 990 FPS B undated | 276 FPS D 2026 (year only) |
| Power | 153 W spec | n/a |
| Perf / W | 6.47 FPS/W spec | n/a |
| Price | $4699 list | n/a |
| Workloads with data | 2 of 7 | 6 of 7 |
Best published object detection result per platform. n/a = not published; never estimated.
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object detection
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA DGX Spark | 990 FPS inference_time · b=1 | YOLO11n FP16 · Ultralytics TensorRT · nano (YOLO-n) | B | 153 W spec platform spec envelope (not measured with this result) | Ultralytics docs benchmark table undated |
| Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) MIXED: model-size class unknown vs nano (YOLO-n) | 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 (year only) |
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 (year only) |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published instance segmentation results for NVIDIA DGX Spark 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
Only Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) has published pose estimation results.
| 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 (year only) |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published pose estimation results for NVIDIA DGX Spark 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.
image classification
Only Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) has published image classification results.
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) | 940 FPS inference_time · b=1 | mobilenet_v2 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 (year only) |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published image classification results for NVIDIA DGX Spark 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.
semantic segmentation
Only Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) has published semantic segmentation results.
| 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 (year only) |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published semantic segmentation results for NVIDIA DGX Spark 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.
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 (year only) |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published speech-to-text results for NVIDIA DGX Spark 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
Only NVIDIA DGX Spark has published LLM generation results.
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA DGX Spark | 60.39 tok/s tg128 · b=1 | Llama 2 7B Q4_0 · llama.cpp Vulkan (FA on, commit 657e011) · LLM 5–14B | C | 153 W spec platform spec envelope (not measured with this result) | llama.cpp discussion #10879 Vulkan scoreboard (via GitHub API) 2026-10-10 |
Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490):
No published LLM generation results for Qualcomm Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 (QCS6490) or NVIDIA DGX Spark 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
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.