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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Samsung Exynos 1680

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
—Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 1680
50.2Inno Score
100CPU38.7
—GPU40.8
—Benchmarks62.7
—AIspec-based56.5
100Efficiencyspec-based68
3 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 60 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 1680

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

  • Stronger CPU score: 100 vs 39
  • 190% higher Max download: 14.8 Gbps vs 5.1 Gbps
  • 72% higher Max clock: 5 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 50% lower process: 2 nm vs 4 nm

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 1680

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
Announced20262026
Process2 nm+50%4 nm
Architecture64-bit Qualcomm Oryon CPUArmv9.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
Cores88
Core configuration2x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance1x2.9 GHz Cortex-A720 + 4x2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 + 3x1.95 GHz Cortex-A520
Max clock5 GHz+72%2.9 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
GPUAdreno GPUSamsung Xclipse 550
GPU clock—1,200 MHz

AI

AI comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
NPUHexagon NPUSamsung NPU
AI performance—20 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
Memory typeLPDDR5X/LPDDR6-5300LPDDR5X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
ModemQualcomm X105 5G Modem-RFIntegrated Exynos 5G modem
Max download14.8 Gbps+190%5.1 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 8Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth6.06.1

Media

Media comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
Max display4K+ @ 120Hz / QHD+ @ 240HzFHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture8K@30fps4K@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 1680
AnTuTu—1,363,464
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,376Top 35%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—4,411Top 29%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—1,742Top 62%

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