Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 860
643690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
455674
CPU189310134774
GPU155621137678
Memory12153481181
UX177225102041
NanoReview Score643690455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stability97 %94 %
Graphics Test20 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression115.2 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering89.4 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur7.65 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing26.4 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection53.8 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR79.4 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.58 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 56 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 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)
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2960 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion 3 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 Adreno 630
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 675 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 768 512
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 727 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 690 Hexagon 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced April, 2019 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8150-AC SDM845

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