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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Google Tensor

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 67 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 79 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
960
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,494
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
2,819
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
3,639
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
724
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,043
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
2,578
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,915
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Adreno 640
899
Google Tensor
ARM Mali-G78 MP20
1,943
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
432,560 pts
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
612,494 pts
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
7.0 TOPS
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1.6 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Google Tensor
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)Google Tensor (1)
ArchitectureKryo 485G1
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorQualcomm Snapdragon 845
SuccessorGoogle Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.84 GHz
2x Cortex-X1
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.75 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.59 GHz0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 38420 / 320
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2019Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineGoogle Tensor AI
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPSGoogle Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Google Tensor
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB12 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Google Tensor
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2018Q4/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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