Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 685
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 685 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 8 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 283.65% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (1,037 K vs 270 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (51.2 vs 17 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 556.41% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (2560 vs 390 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 249768 | 81894 |
| GPU | 448381 | 39122 |
| Memory | 172528 | 77991 |
| UX | 166045 | 71216 |
| Total score | 1036722 | 270223 |
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 | 3 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
70%
SD 8 Gen 10%
SD 685Score: 9041
| Stability | 88% | - |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | - |
| Score | 9041 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz | HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 1080 × 2520 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | - |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
79%
SD 8 Gen 174%
SD 685
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 610 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 768 | 96 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 686 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3072 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | December 2021 | March 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8450 | SM6225-AD |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 685 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
54.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
26.75
Review By TenzysTech
