Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  6 6
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.70 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 2.84 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.70 GHz 2.42 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Kryo 360 Gold 1x Kryo 485 Prime
• B core
  6x Kryo 360 Silver 3x Kryo 485 Gold
• C core
  -- 4x Kryo 485 Silver

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

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 615 Qualcomm Adreno 640
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.70 GHz 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  0 4
• Shader
  256 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  0 1
• Generation
  6 5
• DirectX Version
  12.1 12.0
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q1/2019

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 670. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 670, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kryo 360 Kryo 485
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2018
• Part Number
  SDM670 SM8150