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60

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

35

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 685
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus 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.

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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 46
Snapdragon 685 16
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 49
Snapdragon 685 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 60
Snapdragon 685 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Snapdragon 685
CPU 243697 81894
GPU 478120 39122
Memory 191931 77991
UX 184166 71216
Total score 1097914 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 14.29% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 306.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (1,098 K vs 270 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 541.03% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (2500 vs 390 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 1311
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4117
Snapdragon 685 1609

3DMark

51%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Stability 69%

Graphics test 59 FPS
N/A
Snapdragon 685
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • 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+ -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2021 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
     4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 6 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz -
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 96
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 10240 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 2500 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU
46%
GPU
49%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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