Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 28)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 20)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

28/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 28.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 20.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 185342 1112833
GPU 28390 1494722
Memory 135110 442350
Total score 476175 3950082
UX 127333 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2800 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 390 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem X11 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 97.1 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 2.93 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.17 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 51.6 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 29.9 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 16.5 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 56.4 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 29.1 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 11.2 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.83 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 30 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 1.6 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 322.6 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1260 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 1 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 128 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced March 2023 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number SM6225-AD SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 7401 15949
Phones tested 9 models 13 models
Photo editing score 15136 40273
Video editing score 4745 8052
Web score 8747 16855
Writing score 10107 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-19(Veliki_eblan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-24(Tameng) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-26(Aj Umagat) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-07(Christo) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-11(SkyBlack) CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Realme C85 4G 527116 —
10.Realme C85 Pro 460559 —
2.Realme 13 4G 505115 —
3.Xiaomi Redmi 15 4G 504376 —
4.Honor X7d 499100 —
5.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 496286 —
6.Honor X7c 483206 —
7.Xiaomi Poco M7 4G 482788 —
8.Honor X8c 466230 —
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G 464836 —
Phones with Snapdragon 685 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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