Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Apple A10 Fusion

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Apple A10 Fusion. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Apple A10 Fusion
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
348982
Apple A10 Fusion
398082
CPU116467130186
GPU4372887953
Memory10987174543
UX78916105400
NanoReview Score348982398082
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Apple A10 Fusion
2632
Stability99 %67 %
Graphics Test3 fps15 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Apple A10 Fusion
878
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Apple A10 Fusion
1319
File Compression100 MB/s47.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s38.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec41.8 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s3.5 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s12 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s12.1 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec47.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec1.53 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane
- 2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 2800 2340
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 16 nm
Transistor count n/a 3.3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 PowerVR GT7600
Architecture Adreno 600 PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 1 6
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 128 192
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 686 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2048x1536 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 Qualcomm MDM9645M
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 12
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr September, 2016 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD APL1W24

Results

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7 (58.33%)
5 (41.67%)
Total Votes: 12

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