Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 3
626536
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
610427
CPU212110188722
GPU120714172501
Memory141171108871
UX152541140333
NanoReview Score626536610427
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
File Compression158.7 MB/s129.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s75.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec88.8 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s8.79 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s27.5 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s62.3 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec91.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2840
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.7 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Adreno 640
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 585 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 898.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 690

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 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
UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr December, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6475-AB SM8150

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