Snapdragon 855 vs Snapdragon 680

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and Snapdragon 680 (Adreno 610). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
  • Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 17 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 94%) AnTuTu 11 score – 824K vs 424K
  • 18% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2400 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
  • Higher GPU frequency (~90%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
824513
CPU 314517 185604
GPU 125449 26544
Memory 150134 114814
UX 234413 97254
Total score 824513 424216
Samples [39 tests] [82 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 126.8 MB/sec 85.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 43.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 88 Mpixels/sec 59.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.7 images/sec 15.7 images/sec
HDR 89.3 Mpixels/sec 49.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.06 Mpixels/sec 2.59 Mpixels/sec
Samples 29 tests 35 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.31 images/sec 0.32 images/sec
Face detection 1.84 images/sec 0.16 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 8.72 Gpixels/sec 1.48 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 444 FPS 26.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 20 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 876 172
Stability 86% 97%
Graphics test 5 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
10497
Web score 8813 7531
Video editing score 5956 4072
Data manipulation score 8239 6097
Photo editing score 22485 14785
Writing score 13084 8535
Phones tested 8 models 16 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Medium]
Call of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]
23 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 51 FPS
[Ultra]
65 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]
62 FPS
[Medium]
Genshin Impact - 26 FPS
[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]
54 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Zakazaka1273)AnTuTu 11855696
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (Pon)AnTuTu 121038764
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Stanley)AnTuTu 12969794
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-14 (Supera05s)AnTuTu 12592776
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-13 -> karl1994AnTuTu 12459609
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Kostya_vesely)AnTuTu 12503787
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 -> Tran Gia Bao VNAnTuTu 12501899
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (Croze)AnTuTu 12490622

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 and Snapdragon 680

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 585 MHz 1114 MHz
Pipelines 3 1
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 898.5 Gigaflops 285.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G X11
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2018 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8150 SM6225
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 -

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