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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs AMD RX-421BD

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Adreno 640
1,037
AMD RX-421BD
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)
820

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD RX-421BD
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)AMD R (6)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)AMD RX 1st Gen. (6)
ArchitectureKryo 485Merlin Falcon (Excavator)
Technology7 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketFP4
Predecessor
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 84 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.96 GHz
4x
2.10 - 3.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.68 GHz0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3848 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory4 GB2 GB
Technology7 nm28
Release dateQ1/20192015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ4/2018Q4/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
AMD RX-421BD
AMD RX-421BD
4C / 4T · 2.10 - 3.40 GHz

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