Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
125245
CPU18045644542
GPU9762028537
Memory14820622889
UX13528129277
NanoReview Score561563125245
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
n/a
Graphics Test14 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
File Compression150.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/secn/a
Background Blur9.69 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing23.2 frames/sn/a
Image Detection53 frames/sn/a
HDR90.3 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 2200 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 28 nm
Transistor count n/a 1 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Adreno 330
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 300
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 578 MHz
Execution Units 2 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 256 128
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 148 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2560x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 5
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr February, 2014 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6450 MSM8974 v3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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