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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Google Tensor

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 29 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 26 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
367
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,494
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
746
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
3,639
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
344
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,043
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
903
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,915
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm Adreno 530
476
Google Tensor
ARM Mali-G78 MP20
1,943

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3)Google Tensor (1)
ArchitectureKryoG1
Technology14 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorGoogle Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Kryo
2.15 GHz
2x Cortex-X1
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Kryo
1.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 530ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency0.62 - 0.62 GHz0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader / 25620 / 320
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory
Technology14 nm5 nm
Release dateQ4/2015Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineGoogle Tensor AI
AI specificationsHexagon 680Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
MemoryLPDDR4-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB12 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Google Tensor
Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2015Q4/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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