Snapdragon 845 vs Snapdragon 835
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 graphics) and Snapdragon 835 (Adreno 540). 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 845
- Announced 1 year and 1 month later
- Performs 30% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 28%) AnTuTu 8 score – 355K vs 277K
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2450 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) 4x 1.5 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2450 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 3 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 630 | Adreno 540 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 710 MHz |
| Number of ALUs | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 727 Gigaflops | 558 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Hexagon 680 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | DSD 32-бит/384 кГц | Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm Aqstic |
Connectivity
| Modem | X20 LTE | X16 LTE |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 16 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | December 2017 | November 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SDM845 | MSM8998 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site |
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