Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 710
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 graphics) and Snapdragon 710 (Adreno 616). 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Performs 45% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 9 score – 313K vs 260K
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2450 vs 2200 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
- Announced 1-year and 6-months later
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 83653 | 73981 |
| GPU | 105099 | 64644 |
| Memory | 50470 | 48733 |
| UX | 75535 | 74495 |
| Total score | 313893 | 260959 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 95.3 Mpixels/s | 91.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 13.3 images/s | 13.95 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 31.5 words/s | 25.95 words/s |
| Machine learning | 24.1 images/s | 22.2 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 14.5 images/s | 12.75 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.99 Mnodes/s | 1.71 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 534.8 Krows/s | 467.95 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 96% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Score | 1132 | 549 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 35 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 26 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 53 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 55 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 710CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 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 | 384 KB |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 5.3 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 540 | Adreno 616 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 558 Gigaflops | 384 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | Hexagon 685 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3360 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 2x 192MP, 1x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | Qualcomm Aqstic, aptX, aptX HD |
Connectivity
| Modem | X16 LTE | X15 LTE |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 15 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | November 2016 | May 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | MSM8998 | SDM710 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 official site |
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