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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Google Tensor G5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 42 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor G5
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 37 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor G5
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
994
Google Tensor G5
8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz
2,362
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,397
Google Tensor G5
8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz
6,403
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Adreno 640
1,037
Google Tensor G5
IMG DXT-48-1536
1,690

More benchmarks

At a glance

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FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)Google Tensor G5 (1)
ArchitectureKryo 485G5 Laguna
Technology7 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorGoogle Tensor G4
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 860

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
2.96 GHz
1x Cortex-X4
3.78 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
5x Cortex-A725
3.05 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
2x Cortex-A520
2.25 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640IMG DXT-48-1536
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.68 GHz0.40 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3846 / 1536
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory4 GB8 GB
Technology7 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2019Q4/2025

NPU AI performance

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

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB16 GB
Memory channels44
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.7-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2018Q3/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
Google Tensor G5
Google Tensor G5
8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz

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