Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 855 Plus
618133
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU193505679852
GPU1557281283493
Memory133411646515
UX135489505422
NanoReview Score6181333115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2401
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Stability97 %n/a
Graphics Test14 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
1031
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2864
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression130.6 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.1 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering92.4 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur9.03 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing31.2 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection62.4 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR85.4 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.8 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 39 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Medium) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 53 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 39 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Realme X3 Superzoom (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1/2.96 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2960 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 675 MHz n/a
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 16 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced July, 2019 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8150-AC SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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