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Google Tensor
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Tensor

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

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 860 29
Tensor 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 24
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 43
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 5.71% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor (2960 vs 2800 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 25.63% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (848 vs 675 MHz).
  • Tensor has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Tensor has 56.09% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (724 K vs 464 K ).
  • Tensor has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Tensor Support 50.01% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (51.2 vs 34.13 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Tensor 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Tensor 2879

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Tensor

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Tensor

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Tensor

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Tensor

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Tensor

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Tensor

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Tensor

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

78%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 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)
    2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 3 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 7 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 2 20
  • Shading units 384 320
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

34.13 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

51.2 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

12 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • 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 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • 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

4G Speed
  • 2000 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 316 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • N/A
    Download Speed
  • N/A
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 5000 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 1200 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 7350 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 3670 Mbps
    Upload Speed

  • Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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

Google Tensor

CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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