Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 860
643690
CPU258336189310
GPU183669155621
Memory138904121534
UX176993177225
NanoReview Score757902643690
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
Stabilityn/a97 %
Graphics Testn/a20 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
File Compression154.3 MB/s115.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/s67.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/sec89.4 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s7.65 frames/s
Photo Processing25 frames/s26.4 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s53.8 frames/s
HDR93 MP/sec79.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/sec3.58 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 98 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400)

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)
- 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2960
Instruction set ARMv9-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) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 Adreno 640
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 675 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 3.0 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 Yes 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 16 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
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3360x1600 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 Qualcomm X62 5G 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 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr April, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 SM8150-AC

Results

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