Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 695

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 graphics) and Snapdragon 695 (Adreno 619). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
  • Supports 75% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 17 GB/s)
  • 11% higher CPU clock speed (2450 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 35%) AnTuTu 11 score – 592K vs 438K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~18%)
  • Performs 18% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
592015
CPU 148324 237904
GPU 101521 56314
Memory 88938 136317
UX 99233 161480
Total score 438016 592015
Samples Less than 3 [83 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 87.1 MB/sec 102.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 46.5 pages/sec 55.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 56.7 Mpixels/sec 72.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 15.6 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
HDR 48.2 Mpixels/sec 61.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 2.93 images/sec 5.46 images/sec
Photo processing 11 images/sec 19.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.23 Mpixels/sec 2.67 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 49 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 3.08 images/sec 2.26 images/sec
Face detection 1.3 images/sec 0.98 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.11 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.03 Gpixels/sec 4.35 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 105.3 FPS 245.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples - 23 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 368 360
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5581 9704
Video editing score 5841 3911
Data manipulation score 5696 8663
Photo editing score 13302 18151
Writing score 7633 13129
Phones tested - 21 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 66 FPS
[Low]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 60 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite - 24 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 67 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz - 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 19 FPS
[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 42 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (Lee)Geekbench 6 CPU382 / 1166
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-25 (Nightshot)Geekbench 6 CPU427 / 1500
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Ambar Anand)AnTuTu 12704103
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 -> Rimaki58AnTuTu 12728985
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Arthur)AnTuTu 11583738
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 GPU1246
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 CPU917 / 1939

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 695

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2450 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB -
Process 10 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 540 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 500 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 710 MHz 840 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 64 128
Total shaders 256 256
FLOPS 363.5 Gigaflops 430.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 11 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 682 Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X16 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 16 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced November 2016 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number MSM8998 SM6375
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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temp_codex October 18, 2023 at 02:31 AM
You're the best. I love this detailed comparison. It would be great if you guys could make videos showing the comparison, as well as the phone and chip usage, etc. That would be really helpful.
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