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Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 685

78

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Overview - Snapdragon 685 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 685 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 685 17
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 685 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 685 79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 685 36
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 685 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 81894 495720
GPU 39122 914123
Memory 77991 361002
UX 71216 338475
Total score 270223 2109320
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 17.86% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3300 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 125.04% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (4800 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 680.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (2,109 K vs 270 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 352.94% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (77 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 377
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 1609
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526

3DMark

0%
Snapdragon 685
Stability %

Graphics test -
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 1080 × 2520 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

87%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

103%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
     1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 12 MB
  • Process 6 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 750
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency - 770 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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