Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs March 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
SM6225-AD
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 610
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
6.0
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
Miscellaneous
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 2.2
8K at 60FPS, 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+490%
Snapdragon 685
475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+563%
Snapdragon 685
1517
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
3057215
+542%
Snapdragon 685
476175
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