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Snapdragon 865 Plus vs Snapdragon 865

Snapdragon 865 Plus
VS
Snapdragon 865
Snapdragon 865 Plus
Snapdragon 865

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (14)

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 865 Plus
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (3100 vs 2840 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
  • Performs 15% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score – 978K vs 909K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 865 Plus
vs
Snapdragon 865

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 319177 385127
GPU 178154 148169
Memory 143397 166070
UX 268686 279544
Total score 909414 978910
Samples Less than 3 [104 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 152.3 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 83.3 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 107.4 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.7 images/sec 77 images/sec
HDR 103.1 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.7 images/sec 11 images/sec
Photo processing 31.8 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.48 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 52 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 5.03 images/sec 4.53 images/sec
Face detection 2.1 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.4 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 651.9 FPS 567.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 3 tests 34 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1217 1110
Stability 79% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10081 9557
Video editing score 5856 5874
Data manipulation score 8690 8658
Photo editing score 30426 29642
Writing score 13869 14782
Phones tested Less than 3 14 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 74 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 61 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 30 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 104 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[High]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Asus ROG Phone 3
1080 x 2340		 Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340
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 865 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-01 (Raizel_Ken)Geekbench 6 CPU1263 / 3227
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Samsung)Geekbench 6 GPU3389
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Samsung)Geekbench 6 CPU1254 / 3297
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-06 (Yawning Moon)Geekbench 6 GPU3416
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-06 (Yawning Moon)Geekbench 6 CPU923 / 2645
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (mptech)AnTuTu 11995050
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (mptech)AnTuTu 11973656
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (heedneas)AnTuTu 121160558
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Baz38)AnTuTu 121001992
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (heedneas)AnTuTu 121160558
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 Plus and Snapdragon 865

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3100 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 675 MHz 587 MHz
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 256
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced July 2020 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-AB SM8250-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Comments

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GrandmaSkibidiBalls March 11, 2025 at 05:38 PM
People will buy Phone has Snapdragon 865 for extra %2 AnTuTu Score πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘
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b1tstrem1st0 August 6, 2023 at 05:05 AM
A clear case of difference between Samsung and TSMC fab. There is a slightly lower CPU perf on 865+ with 2% lower stability.
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kan August 13, 2023 at 02:58 PM
it's mistake, both are TSMC fab.
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Michael October 26, 2020 at 05:39 PM
Is it really worth the difference?
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Wild Rift: Kith November 22, 2020 at 03:11 PM
Gaming yes. Daily driver no.
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Neel September 29, 2020 at 01:23 AM
Other sites rate 865 higher than 865+ (Notebookcheck) ... weird
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root September 29, 2020 at 10:09 AM
It mostly depends on a phone. Technically 865+ has higher CPU and GPU clocks, so in equal condition 865 Plus probably will be a bit faster.
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Kb87 November 8, 2020 at 09:44 PM
Root, The mi 10 pro scores higher than note 20 ultra, shows there's not much benefit of the 865+ if cooling isn't sorted
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Gnusmag December 30, 2022 at 11:02 AM
Higher frequency means more heat, more heat means thermal throttling unless the cooling solution has been improved.
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kevin September 3, 2020 at 04:29 PM
on mi 10 ultra with snapdragon 865 get 640k antutu v8 why, snapdragon 865 get 590k in youe website?
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root September 3, 2020 at 04:56 PM
We show average score from many phones. AnTuTu test also measure RAM and UI speed, that is differ quite significant from device to device.
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iPhone gang October 7, 2022 at 02:36 PM
Root, My Galaxy S20 5G comfortably gets 630k on Antutu.. your tests are whack and does not depict the actual capability of a device.. it's kind of annoying
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Yo mama April 26, 2023 at 11:16 AM
iPhone gang, No, your comment is whack, congrats on the s20 doing its job. Nano review doesn't base anything off "your" anything. Cheers!
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Note 20 Ultra baby December 5, 2023 at 02:21 PM
Yo mama, This comparison is weird though, the Snapdragon 865+ is no different from the vanilla Snapdragon 865.
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