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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 60 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 9 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
994
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz
1,639
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,397
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz
15,832
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
731
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz
1,219
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,632
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz
34,670

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)
ArchitectureKryo 485Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Technology7 nm7 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketTRX4 (sTRX4)
PredecessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 864 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.96 GHz
64x
2.90 - 4.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB32.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB256.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640no iGPU
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.68 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 384 /
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm
Release dateQ1/2019

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB2048 GB
Memory channels44
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
TDP280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 PlusAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2020
Release price3990 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 2.90 - 4.30 GHz

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