Samsung Exynos 1680
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Samsung Exynos 1680
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: March 2026 (March 2026 vs September 2025)
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2900 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
Basic
Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E8865
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
2900 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Samsung Xclipse 550
GPU name
Adreno 840
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.4
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 5100 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
6.1
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 1680
1361
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+176%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 1680
4359
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+190%
FP32 (float)
Exynos 1680
1203
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+200%
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 1680
1408598
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+132%
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