Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 685 SoCs, designed by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 685
  • Snapdragon 685 has 16.67 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 ( 2800 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 7.42 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 ( 270 K vs 252 K).
  • Snapdragon 685 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 81097 81894
GPU 38425 39122
Memory 68438 77991
UX 63600 71216
Total score 251560 270223

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Score 443 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 680 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 2400MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache - -
Process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 610 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1114 MHz -
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 96 96
Total shaders 192 192
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 13
5G support No No
Download speed 5G - -
Download speed 4G Up to 390 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2021 March 2023
Class Mid-range Mid range
Model number SM6225 SM6225-AD
Official page Snapdragon 680 official site Snapdragon 685 official site