Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 8 Gen 3 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 81097 495720
GPU 38425 914123
Memory 68438 361002
UX 63600 338475
Total score 251560 2109320
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 44.68% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (1114 vs 770 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 37.5% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (3300 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 125.04% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (4800 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 738.50% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (2,109 K vs 252 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 352.94% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 (77 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

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 - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

87%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

103%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 12 MB
  • Process 6 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 750
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 770 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.4
  • 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 8 Gen 3

CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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