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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 685

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 283.65 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (1037 K vs 270 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 685

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 81894
GPU 448381 39122
Memory 172528 77991
UX 166045 71216
Total score 1036722 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 88% -
Graphics test 54 FPS -
Score 9041 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510		 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz -
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 768 96
Total shaders 1536 192
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 March 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8450 SM6225-AD
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 685 official site