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.
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 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
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 81097 | 179347 |
GPU | 38425 | 270188 |
Memory | 68438 | 98761 |
UX | 63600 | 95818 |
Total score | 251560 | 644114 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | 180.6 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | - | 25.25 images/s |
Speech recognition | - | 54.7 words/s |
Machine learning | - | 56.95 images/s |
Camera shooting | - | 28 images/s |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | - | 989.1 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
3%
SD 68033%
SD 870Score: 4258
Stability | 99% | 90% |
Graphics test | 2 FPS | 25 FPS |
Score | 443 | 4258 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870Display
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 |
CPU
63%
SD 68085%
SD 870
Processor Speed (Frequency)
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 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 3200 MHz |
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 |
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 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2750 MHz |
Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X11 | X55 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | No | Yes |
Peak Download speed | - | Up to 7500 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 3000 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | October 2021 | January 2021 |
Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
Model number | SM6225 | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC |
Official page | Snapdragon 680 official site | Snapdragon 870 official site |