Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
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 801
125245
CPU11646744542
GPU4372828537
Memory10987122889
UX7891629277
NanoReview Score348982125245
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
File Compression100 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/secn/a
Background Blur3.44 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing11 frames/sn/a
Image Detection17 frames/sn/a
HDR52 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 2800 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 28 nm
Transistor count n/a 1 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Adreno 330
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 300
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 578 MHz
Execution Units 1 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 128 128
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 148 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 11

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 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x32 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 eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2560x2048 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x21 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
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 5
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr February, 2014 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD MSM8974 v3

Results

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

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