Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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 4
757902
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
368607
CPU25833697035
GPU183669116400
Memory13890487397
UX17699367775
NanoReview Score757902368607
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1165
Stabilityn/a95 %
Graphics Testn/a6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1508
File Compression154.3 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/s51.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/sec58.8 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s2.83 frames/s
Photo Processing25 frames/s12 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s14.1 frames/s
HDR93 MP/sec55.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/sec2.43 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 4/2.45 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2450
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 Adreno 540
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 363.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
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 682

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 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 2.1
Max. resolution 3360x1600 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Qualcomm X62 5G X16
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 16
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr November, 2016 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 MSM8998

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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