Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3300 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 17 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs March 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2023
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
SM6225-AD
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
6 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 750
GPU name
Adreno 610
770 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
+361%
Snapdragon 685
475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+367%
Snapdragon 685
1517
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+457%
Snapdragon 685
347207
