Samsung Exynos 1680
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 1680 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2900 MHz (2900 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2026 (March 2026 vs December 2019)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2026
Launch Date
December 2019
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E8865
Model Name
SM8250-AB
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
2900 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Samsung Xclipse 550
GPU name
Adreno 650
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
587 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.2021 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
-
Execution units
2
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.1
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 5100 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.1
Bluetooth
5.1
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
-
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
1 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 1680
1361 +21%
Snapdragon 865
1128
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 1680
4359 +33%
Snapdragon 865
3277
FP32 (float)
Exynos 1680
1203
Snapdragon 865
1226 +2%
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 1680
1408598 +87%
Snapdragon 865
753667