Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU116467679852
GPU437281283493
Memory109871646515
UX78916505422
NanoReview Score3489823115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression100 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz n/a
Execution Units 1 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 128 n/a
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
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 Hexagon

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 the clear winner in this comparison.

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