Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 765G

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 graphics) and Snapdragon 765G (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

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)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 37%) AnTuTu 11 score – 597K vs 438K
  • Performs 32% better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
  • 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
597974
CPU 148324 225992
GPU 101521 68730
Memory 88938 118245
UX 99233 185007
Total score 438016 597974
Samples Less than 3 [11 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 87.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 46.5 pages/sec 46.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 56.7 Mpixels/sec 61.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 15.6 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
HDR 48.2 Mpixels/sec 55.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 2.93 images/sec 5.41 images/sec
Photo processing 11 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.23 Mpixels/sec 2.58 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 3.08 images/sec 1.85 images/sec
Face detection 1.3 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.06 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 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.03 Gpixels/sec 3.33 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 105.3 FPS 206.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples - 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 368 446
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5581 6739
Video editing score 5841 5699
Data manipulation score 5696 7976
Photo editing score 13302 19870
Writing score 7633 11348
Phones tested - Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 57 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 29 FPS
[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends - 67 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 55 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
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 765G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Guitar91)AnTuTu 11622520
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (mxrcovx13)AnTuTu 11571064
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-22 (Artreg)AnTuTu 11566323

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 765G

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
1x 2.4 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 2400 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 (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 540 Adreno 620
Architecture Adreno 500 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 710 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 64 192
Total shaders 256 384
FLOPS 363.5 Gigaflops 480 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 696

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 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3200 x 1800
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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 X52
4G support LTE Cat. 16 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1600 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-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 -

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