Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  6 2
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2

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

• A-Core
  1x Kryo 485 Prime 2x Kryo 468 Gold
• B-Core
  3x Kryo 485 Gold 6x Kryo 468 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Kryo 485 Silver -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.96 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.42 GHz 2.4 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
  12.0 12.1
• Execution units
  4 0
• Generation
  5 6
• GPU Frequency
  250 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 640 Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU Turbo
  680 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q2/2019
• Shader
  384 128
• Technology
  7 nm 14 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 / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c 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 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 485 Kryo 468
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  3 MB -
• Part Number
  SM8150-AC SC7180
• Release date
  Q1/2021 2020
• Technology
  7 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None