Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 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 680 16
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 54
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 100
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 67
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 92.07% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (1114 vs 580 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 21.25% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (2910 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 276.42% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (947 K vs 252 K ).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Support 50.59% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 (25.6 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 1656

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 4482

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 85%

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz QHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm -
  • Transistor count - 4 Billion
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 725
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 580 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.2
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

25.6 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 390 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • N/A
    Download Speed
  • N/A
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed
  • 4400 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 1600 Mbps
    Upload Speed

  • Modem X11 X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

CPU
54%
GPU
46%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
100%
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