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Google Tensor G3
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Tensor G3 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 9-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 860 29
Tensor G3 52
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 24
Tensor G3 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 43
Tensor G3 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 860 Tensor G3
CPU 143028 281756
GPU 179320 364449
Memory 69420 148341
UX 72190 181913
Total score 463958 976459
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 1.72% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (2960 vs 2910 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 31.85% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (890 vs 675 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Tensor G3 has 110.46% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (976 K vs 464 K ).
  • Tensor G3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Tensor G3 Support 87.52% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (64 vs 34.13 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Tensor G3 3598

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Tensor G3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Tensor G3

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Tensor G3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Tensor G3

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Tensor G3

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Tensor G3

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Tensor G3

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz 4K
  • Max On-Display Resolution QHD @ 60Hz 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

78%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 9
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 384 192
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Yes
  • Storage type EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Exynos 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU
29%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Google Tensor G3

CPU
52%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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