Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
3800 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process
3 nm
6 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1110 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Vulkan version
1.4
1.1
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12.1
Execution units
-
1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
17 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 686

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Oct 2021
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
SM8845
SM6225
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
310,059
Geekbench 6
2,749
414
Geekbench 6
9,860
1,447
FP32 (float)
2,457
284