Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU116467475806
GPU43728881311
Memory109871390065
UX78916335026
NanoReview Score3489822082208
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compression100 MB/s293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s196.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec221.6 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s24.1 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s63.9 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s154.6 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 3210
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 4 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Adreno 825
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 1 2
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 128 1024
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

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 4800 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 76.8 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 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 n/a
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
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 April, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD SM8735

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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