Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (10 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (2450 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2020 (November 2016 vs December 2020)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2016
Launch Date
December 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
-
MSM8998
Model Name
SM8350
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
5 nm
2450 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
3
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Adreno 540
GPU name
Adreno 660
739 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
0.5675 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.72 TFLOPS
384
Shading units
512
1
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
11
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 16
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
-
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
9 W
TDP
10 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
Hexagon 682
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 835
415
Snapdragon 888
1481 +257%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 835
1519
Snapdragon 888
3794 +150%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 835
367
Snapdragon 888
717 +95%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 835
1480
Snapdragon 888
2413 +63%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 835
578
Snapdragon 888
1754 +203%