Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  5 6
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Kryo 385 Gold 1x Kryo 485 Prime
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 385 Silver 3x Kryo 485 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 485 Silver
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.95 GHz 2.96 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.95 GHz 2.42 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 12.0
• Execution units
  0 4
• Generation
  4 5
• GPU Frequency
  700 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 630 Qualcomm Adreno 640
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 680 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2019
• Shader
  256 384
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 850. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 385 Kryo 485
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Part Number
  SDM850 SM8150-AC
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2021
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None