Snapdragon 685 vs Snapdragon 660
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and Snapdragon 660 (Adreno 512). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
- Announced 5-years and 11-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 14 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 54%) AnTuTu 10 score – 349K vs 227K
- 27% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2200 MHz)
- Supports 22% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 13.9 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 119752 | 66281 |
| GPU | 52450 | 46008 |
| Memory | 101239 | 55092 |
| UX | 73633 | 58050 |
| Total score | 349154 | 227414 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 100 MB/sec | 71.3 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 39.7 pages/sec | 41.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 59.8 Mpixels/sec | 51.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 17 images/sec | 13.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 52 Mpixels/sec | 46.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 3.44 images/sec | 1.89 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11 images/sec | 10.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.76 Mpixels/sec | 1.97 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 96% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Score | 641 | 373 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 685 and Snapdragon 660CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
4x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.84 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 1.75 billion |
| TDP | - | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Adreno 512 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 243.2 Gigaflops | 217.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 13.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Hexagon 680 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | March 2023 | May 2017 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SM6225-AD | SM6115 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 official site |
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