Snapdragon 678 Vs 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.
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 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 benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 101216 | 81894 |
| GPU | 51346 | 39122 |
| Memory | 48181 | 77991 |
| UX | 82701 | 71216 |
| Total score | 283444 | 270223 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| 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 6780%
SD 685Score: 482
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Score | 482 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685Display
| 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 67881%
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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| 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
33.75
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
30.25
Review By TenzysTech
