Snapdragon 820 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (Adreno 530) with the newer 8-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (Adreno 845) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
- Shows significantly better (up to 14.8x) AnTuTu 11 score β 4945K vs 333K
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 14 nm)
- Supports 282% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 29.8 GB/s)
- 133% higher CPU clock speed (5010 vs 2150 MHz)
- Has 4 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 131994 | 1393171 |
| GPU | 36166 | 1707388 |
| Memory | 63256 | 746934 |
| UX | 102461 | 1097892 |
| Total score | 333877 | 4945385 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 28.8 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 19.7 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 28 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 6.36 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 25.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 1.39 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 6.33 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 789.4 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | Less than 3 | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.58 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 0.86 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.09 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 4.09 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 81.6 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 4378 | - |
| Video editing score | 5152 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 4144 | - |
| Photo editing score | 11831 | - |
| Writing score | 5024 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2024-01-05 (Saber) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 356 / 615 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 820 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.15 GHz β Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz β Kryo |
2x 5.01 GHz β 3x 4.03 GHz β 3x 3.74 GHz β |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2150 MHz | 5010 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 11 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 530 | Adreno 845 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 510 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | 1 | 3 |
| Shading units | 256 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 261.1 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 24 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 113.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - H.266 (VVC) - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X12 | Qualcomm X105 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 14800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 4200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 6.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2015 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8996 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 | - |
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