Snapdragon 865 vs Snapdragon 820
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650) with the older 4-core Snapdragon 820 (Adreno 530) SoC. 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
- Performs 3.5x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.9x) AnTuTu 11 score β 978K vs 333K
- Has 4 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 14 nm)
- Supports 48% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 29.8 GB/s)
- 32% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2150 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 385127 | 131994 |
| GPU | 148169 | 36166 |
| Memory | 166070 | 63256 |
| UX | 279544 | 102461 |
| Total score | 978910 | 333877 |
| Samples | [104 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 149.1 MB/sec | 28.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 87.2 pages/sec | 19.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 125.3 Mpixels/sec | 28 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 77 images/sec | 6.36 images/sec |
| HDR | 106.3 Mpixels/sec | 25.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 11 images/sec | 1.39 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 32.7 images/sec | 6.33 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.29 Mpixels/sec | 789.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 52 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 4.53 images/sec | 1.58 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.97 images/sec | 0.86 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 9.05 Gpixels/sec | 4.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 567.3 FPS | 81.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Samples | 34 tests | - |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1110 | - |
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9557 | 4378 |
| Video editing score | 5874 | 5152 |
| Data manipulation score | 8658 | 4144 |
| Photo editing score | 29642 | 11831 |
| Writing score | 14782 | 5024 |
| Phones tested | 14 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 61 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Fortnite | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Genshin Impact | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| 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.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (MAPKIS) | AnTuTu 12 | 1102560 |
| π 2026-09-26 (the kroco's) | AnTuTu 12 | 1088974 |
| π 2026-09-22 (mptech) | AnTuTu 11 | 995050 |
| π 2026-09-20 (mptech) | AnTuTu 11 | 973656 |
| π 2026-09-18 (heedneas) | AnTuTu 12 | 1160558 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2024-01-05 (Saber) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 356 / 615 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 820CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz β Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz β Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.15 GHz β Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz β Kryo |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2150 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.3 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 11 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 530 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 587 MHz | 510 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 1 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 901.6 Gigaflops | 261.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 11 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon 680 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s | 29.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 28MP, 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 | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 150 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 | November 2015 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-AB | MSM8996 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
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