Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 860 24
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 19
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 23
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 39
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 860 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 143028 149371
GPU 179320 232144
Memory 69420 105312
UX 72190 114446
Total score 463958 601273
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 23.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (2960 vs 2400 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 39.26% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (940 vs 675 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 29.60% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (601 K vs 464 K ).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 1001

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 2913

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 18 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz FHD+ @ 144 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution QHD @ 60Hz 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

48%
Base Frequency

1950 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)
    4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 710
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 940 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 384 -
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 2x 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 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, 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 Snapdragon X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 5000 Mbps 2900 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2000 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 1200 Mbps 1600 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • 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
24%
GPU
19%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 2?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 860 with a 23.33% higher clock speed (2960 MHz vs 2400 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 2?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with a 39.26% higher GPU clock speed (940 MHz vs 675 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 2?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 2?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with a 42.86% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 2?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with a 29.60% better score (601273 vs 463958).

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