Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (6 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2800 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (March 2023 vs September 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2023
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6225-AD
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
3 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 610
GPU name
Adreno 840
950 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
0.2432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
1
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 390 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.2
Bluetooth
6.0
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.1
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon 686
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 685
475
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+691%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 685
1517
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+733%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 685
354293
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+823%
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