Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 2960 MHz (2960 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (April 2019 vs May 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
April 2019
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung
Manufacturing
-
SM8150-AC
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
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)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2960 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz
6.7
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Adreno 640
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
675 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.0368 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
384
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
Yes
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5.1
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
64-bit
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 860
996
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
+18%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 860
2569
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
+36%
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