Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
2800 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
6 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 610
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
950 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
—
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.1
1.4
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
12.1
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
76.8 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
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Storage type
UFS 2.2
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Mar 2023
Nov 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
SM6225-AD
SM8845
AI
NPU
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Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
354,293
3,561,559
Geekbench 6
475
2,749
Geekbench 6
1,517
9,860
FP32 (float)
243
2,457
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.