Overview - Snapdragon 685 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 685 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 685 11
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 685 79
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 685 36
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 685 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 81894 98820
GPU 39122 71078
Memory 77991 47158
UX 71216 52126
Total score 270223 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 21.74% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2800 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (6 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 0.39% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (270 K vs 269 K).
  • Snapdragon 685 Support 22.21% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (17 vs 13.91 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 377
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 1609
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
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 - QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 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 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 1 MB
  • Process 6 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency - 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 128
  • FLOPS - 435 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 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 13.91 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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