Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870 39
Snapdragon 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Snapdragon 685 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Snapdragon 685
CPU 179347 81894
GPU 270188 39122
Memory 98761 77991
UX 95818 71216
Total score 644114 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 14.29% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 138.36% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (644 K vs 270 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 541.03% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (2500 vs 390 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
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+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz -
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 512 96
  • FLOPS 1,267 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 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon 686
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X55 X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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 870

CPU
39%
GPU
34%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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