Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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 801
125245
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU44542104065
GPU2853739362
Memory2288992127
UX2927772779
NanoReview Score125245308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Testn/a3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compressionn/a90 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a46.2 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a64.4 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a3.06 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a11.7 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a16.3 frames/s
HDRn/a51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture 4x 2.5 GHz – Krait - 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 4 8
Frequency 2500 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 28 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 1 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 330 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 300 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 578 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 1 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 128 128
FLOPS 148 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX 11 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.0 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2560x2048 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x21 pixels 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 5 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 4.0 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2014 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename MSM8974 v3 SM6225

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 the clear winner in this comparison.

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