Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series. The processor was released in Q4/2018. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus scores 731 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,632 points.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus.

Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Family: Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
CPU group: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)
Architecture: Kryo 485
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is 2.96 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 8
Core architecture: hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
B-Core: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
C-Core: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.96 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.42 GHz
C-Core Frequency: 1.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware: Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications: Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus uses the Qualcomm Adreno 640, which has 384 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU frequency: 0.25 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.68 GHz
Compute units: 4
Shader: 384
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2019
Max. displays: 1
Generation: 5
Direct X: 12.0
Technology: 7 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 4 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: No
VC-1: No
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 12 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR4X-4266
34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory: 12 GB
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 5.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: --
L2-Cache: 2.00 MB
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions: --
Release date: Q4/2018
Release price: --
Part Number: SM8150-AC / SM8150P
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

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The benchmark results for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-2960XM Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
733
Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
733
MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MediaTek Dimensity 1080
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
731
Samsung Exynos 9825 Samsung Exynos 9825
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
731
Intel Core i7-3635QM Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
731
Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
731

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2649
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2645
Intel Core i7-2860QM Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2637
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2632
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2630
MediaTek Kompanio 820 MediaTek Kompanio 820
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2627
Intel Core i3-8100H Intel Core i3-8100H
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2626

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
994
Intel Core i7-4770TE Intel Core i7-4770TE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
992
Intel Core i5-4200H Intel Core i5-4200H
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
990
Intel Core i5-4310M Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
990

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2414
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2403
Intel Core i3-4360 Intel Core i3-4360
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2398
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2397
Intel Core i3-7300T Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2397
Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2394
Intel Core i7-3770S Intel Core i7-3770S
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
2389

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-1030G7 Intel Core i5-1030G7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075
Intel Core i5-1030NG7 Intel Core i5-1030NG7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075
Intel Core i5-1035G7 Intel Core i5-1035G7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Adreno 640 @ 0.68 GHz
1037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm Adreno 640 @ 0.68 GHz
1037
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 @ 0.90 GHz
1037
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X @ 1.13 GHz
1008

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
648406
MediaTek Dimensity 1100 MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
588491
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
569732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
558430
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
545690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
542771
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
6C 6T @ 2.40 GHz
536422

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
509756
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 MediaTek Dimensity 1000
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
507536
MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
493583
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
487155
MediaTek Dimensity 930 MediaTek Dimensity 930
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
482796
MediaTek Dimensity 920 MediaTek Dimensity 920
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
482796
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
463729

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
4400
AMD FX-4200 AMD FX-4200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
4395
Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
4395
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
4389
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
4389
Intel Core i5-4440S Intel Core i5-4440S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4381
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
4372

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
10
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz
7

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