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Google Tensor G2
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Tensor G2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Tensor G2 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 G2 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 24
Tensor G2 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Tensor G2 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 43
Tensor G2 52
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 3.86% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (2960 vs 2850 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor G2

  • Tensor G2 has 25.93% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (850 vs 675 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Tensor G2 has 66.84% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (774 K vs 464 K ).
  • Tensor G2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Tensor G2 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 G2 1059

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Tensor G2 3251

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Tensor G2 168.3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Tensor G2 24.5

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Tensor G2 69.4

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Tensor G2 71.2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Tensor G2 31.2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Tensor G2 2.97

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Tensor G2 1010

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
Stability 72%

Graphics test 38 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

78%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 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 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 7 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 7 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G710 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 384 112
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops 1153 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

16 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 Next-gen 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, NAVIC
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 G2

CPU
39%
GPU
36%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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