Overview - Snapdragon 685 Vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 685 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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 685 17
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 685 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 685 79
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 685 36
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 44
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 685 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 81894 105049
GPU 39122 110865
Memory 77991 90267
UX 71216 87211
Total score 270223 393392
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2800 vs 2200 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 45.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (393 K vs 270 K ).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Support 29.41% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (22 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 377
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 1609
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency - -
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • 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 22 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU
26%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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