Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 685
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 685 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 43.62% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (388 K vs 270 K).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Support 105.13% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (800 vs 390 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
- Snapdragon 685 has 40% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2800 vs 2000 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 114597 | 81894 |
| GPU | 93082 | 39122 |
| Memory | 68776 | 77991 |
| UX | 111637 | 71216 |
| Total score | 388092 | 270223 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
8%
SD 4 Gen 10%
SD 685Score: 1034
| Stability | - | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Score | 1034 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz | HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 1080 × 2520 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | - |
| Color Depth | - | Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
53%
SD 4 Gen 174%
SD 685
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | - | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 6 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619 | Adreno 610 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 4 | 2 |
| Shading units | - | 96 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 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, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X51 | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2022 | March 2023 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SM4375 | SM6225-AD |
| Official page | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 685 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
35.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
26.75
Review By TenzysTech
