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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 685 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 678
VS
Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 678
Snapdragon 685
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 678
30
Snapdragon 685
26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678
19
Snapdragon 685
16
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678
61
Snapdragon 685
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678
37
Snapdragon 685
40

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
  • Snapdragon 678 has 4.89% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (283 K vs 270 K).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 53.85% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (600 vs 390 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
  • Snapdragon 685 has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2800 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 45.45% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (6 vs 11 nm).
  • Snapdragon 685 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Snapdragon 685 Support 14.09% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (17 vs 14.9 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 678
vs
Snapdragon 685

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 +5%
283444
Snapdragon 685
270223
CPU 101216 81894
GPU 51346 39122
Memory 48181 77991
UX 82701 71216
Total score 283444 270223

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 678 +40%
529
Snapdragon 685
377
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 678
1536
Snapdragon 685 +5%
1609
Image compression 102.2 Mpixels/s -
Face detection 14.5 images/s -
Speech recognition 27.8 words/s -
Machine learning 23.7 images/s -
Camera shooting 13.7 images/s -
HTML 5 2.05 Mnodes/s -
SQLite 527.2 Mnodes/s -

3DMark

4%
SD 678
0%
SD 685
Score: 482

Stability 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Score 482 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Display

Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
Max External Display - -
HDR HDR10 -
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

64%
SD 678
81%
SD 685
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1700 MHz 1900 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2200 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 16 KB -
L2 cache 0.256 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 11 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 12 Billion -
TDP 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 612 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 845 MHz -
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 96 96
FLOPS 354 Gigaflops -
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 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Hexagon 686
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
600
Snapdragon 685
390
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
N/A
Snapdragon 685
N/A
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
150
Snapdragon 685
150
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
N/A
Snapdragon 685
N/A
Modem X12 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13
5G support No No
Peak Download speed - -
Peak Upload speed - -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date December 2020 March 2023
Class Mid-range Mid range
Model number SM6150-AC SM6225-AD
Official page Snapdragon 678 official site Snapdragon 685 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU
30%
GPU
19%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

33.75


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
26%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

30.25


Review By TenzysTech

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