Snapdragon 865 vs Snapdragon 652

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 652 (Adreno 510). 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/Vulcan
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
  • Performs 8x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 6.3x) AnTuTu 9 score – 662K vs 105K
  • Announced 4-years and 10-months later
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 28 nm)
  • Supports 129% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
  • 58% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 1800 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
662414
CPU 185438 42412
GPU 217870 21924
Memory 117733 25135
UX 136946 15528
Total score 662414 105040

GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression 173.2 Mpixels/s 52.4 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.2 images/s 7.55 images/s
Speech recognition 52.6 words/s 20.5 words/s
Machine learning 55.8 images/s 12.6 images/s
Camera shooting 29.5 images/s 5.62 images/s
HTML 5 2.95 Mnodes/s 0.9439 Mnodes/s
SQLite 997.7 Krows/s 288.8 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 91% -
Graphics test 23 FPS -
Score 3872 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 61 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 30 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 652

CPU

Architecture 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)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 128 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 28 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 1 billion
TDP 10 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 510
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 500
GPU frequency 587 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 2 1
Shading units 512 128
FLOPS 1228 Gigaflops 153 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 11.1

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon V56
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 X8
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 316 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 4.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced December 2019 February 2015
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-AB MSM8976
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 official site

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