Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 765
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 graphics) and Snapdragon 765 (Adreno 620). 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 75% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 17 GB/s)
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (2450 vs 2300 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
- Announced 3-years and 1-month later
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
- Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 9 score – 337K vs 313K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 83653 | 100566 |
| GPU | 105099 | 93170 |
| Memory | 50470 | 60216 |
| UX | 75535 | 85370 |
| Total score | 313225 | 337741 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 95.3 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 13.3 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 31.5 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 24.1 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 14.5 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.99 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 534.8 Krows/s | - |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Score | 1130 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 765CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) 1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2450 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 540 | Adreno 620 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 3 |
| Shading units | 256 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 558 Gigaflops | 600 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 | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | Hexagon 696 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3200 x 1800 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| 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 LTE | X52 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 210 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2016 | December 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | MSM8998 | SM7250-AA |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 official site |
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