Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1411268
CPU116467368941
GPU43728485676
Memory109871314911
UX78916241740
NanoReview Score3489821411268
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fps64 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
File Compression100 MB/s212.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s154 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec181.3 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s16.7 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s45.7 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s117.4 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec156.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec5.53 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Process tech. 6 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 5.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Adreno 732
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 1 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 128 768
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 686 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 Snapdragon X63 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr March, 2024 yr
Class Low end Mid-range
Codename SM6225-AD SM7675-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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