Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
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 820
259958
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
252006
CPU8635289180
GPU4146636992
Memory6216056965
UX6998068869
NanoReview Score259958252006
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
792
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
373
Stabilityn/a96 %
Graphics Test4 fps2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
323
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
342
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
821
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
1232
File Compressionn/a71.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a41.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a51.8 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a1.89 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a10.2 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a13.6 frames/s
HDRn/a46.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a1.97 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
- 2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
- 4/2.2 (Kryo 260 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.84 (Kryo 260 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 4 8
Frequency 2150 2200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 64 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 1.75 billion
Power (TDP) 11 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 530 Adreno 512
Architecture Adreno 500 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 510 MHz 647 MHz
Execution Units 1 1
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 256 128
FLOPS 261.1 GFLOPS 165.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 11 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 680 Hexagon 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.0
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x28 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X12 X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 4.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2015 yr May, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename MSM8996 SM6115

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