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Google Tensor G2
Overview - Snapdragon 685 Vs Tensor G2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 685 vs Tensor G2 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 685 17
Tensor G2 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 685 11
Tensor G2 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 685 79
Tensor G2 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 685 36
Tensor G2 52
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 685 Tensor G2
CPU 81894 203226
GPU 39122 298514
Memory 77991 114682
UX 71216 157662
Total score 270223 774084
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor G2

  • Tensor G2 has 1.79% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (2850 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Tensor G2 has 186.46% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (774 K vs 270 K ).
  • Tensor G2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Tensor G2 Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (51.2 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 377
Tensor G2 1059

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 1609
Tensor G2 3251

Image compression

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 168.3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 24.5

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 69.4

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 71.2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 31.2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 2.97

SQLite

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Snapdragon 685
Tensor G2 1010

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 72%

Graphics test 38 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz Ultra HD(4K)
  • Max On-Display Resolution 1080 × 2520 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10+, HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
    2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 6 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 7 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G710 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency - 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 96 112
  • FLOPS - 1153 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 51.2 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 Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • 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, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Google Tensor G2

CPU
39%
GPU
36%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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