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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 680 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 680
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 8 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 680
27
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680
17
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
63
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680
79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680
41
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
82

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
  • Snapdragon 680 has 13.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (1114 vs 980 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (4 vs 6 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 407.53% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (1,277 K vs 252 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 680
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680
251560
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +395%
1276749
CPU 81097 270867
GPU 38425 567801
Memory 68438 239879
UX 63600 198202
Total score 251560 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 680
368
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +305%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 680
1496
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +247%
5198
Image compression - 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection - 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition - 122.9 words/s
Machine learning - 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting - 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 - 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite - 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

3%
SD 680
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS 81 FPS
Score 443 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Display

Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
HDR - HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

69%
SD 680
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2400 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 6 4
Transistor count - -
TDP - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 610 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1114 MHz 980 MHz
Execution units 2 -
Shading units 96 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
Max size 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 680
390
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 680
150
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 680
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem X11 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Peak Download speed - Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date October 2021 November 2022
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number SM6225 SM8550-AB
Official page Snapdragon 680 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
CPU
65%
GPU
17%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

37


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
63%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

61.75


Review By TenzysTech

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