Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Snapdragon 870

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Snapdragon 870 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 870 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Snapdragon 870 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Snapdragon 870 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Snapdragon 870 49
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Snapdragon 870
CPU 81097 179347
GPU 38425 270188
Memory 68438 98761
UX 63600 95818
Total score 251560 644114
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 72.71% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (1114 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 156.05% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (644 K vs 252 K ).
  • Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 158.82% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 (44 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Snapdragon 870 1038

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Snapdragon 870 3569

Image compression

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 180.6

Face detection

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 25.25

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 54.7

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 56.95

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 28

SQLite

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Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 870 989.1

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10+, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 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 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 650
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 645 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 512
  • FLOPS - 1,267 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 698
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
  • 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

  • Modem X11 X55
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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 870

CPU
39%
GPU
34%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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