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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 860

35

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

Snapdragon 720G
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Snapdragon 720G SoCs by Qualcomm. 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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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 860 28
Snapdragon 720G 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 24
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 42
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 860 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 143028 98820
GPU 179320 71078
Memory 69420 47158
UX 72190 52126
Total score 463958 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 28.70% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2960 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 12.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (7 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 72.36% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (464 K vs 269 K).
  • Snapdragon 860 Support 150.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (2000 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

  • Snapdragon 720G has 11.11% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (750 vs 675 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 720G has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

18%
Snapdragon 860
Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
5%
Snapdragon 720G
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution QHD @ 60Hz 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

57%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

44%
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 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 2 MB 1 MB
  • Process 7 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 384 128
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops 435 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 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 13.91 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 5000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 2000 Mbps 800 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
28%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
CPU
20%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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