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Overview - Snapdragon 888 Vs Tensor

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 888 43
Tensor 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 38
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 82
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 54
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 Tensor
CPU 211734 181161
GPU 306250 294446
Memory 133870 103174
UX 156641 145388
Total score 808495 724169
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

  • Snapdragon 888 has 1.43% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor (2840 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 11.64% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor (808 K vs 724 K).
  • Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor.

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 0.95% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (848 vs 840 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 1126
Tensor 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 3681
Tensor 2879

Image compression

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Snapdragon 888 177.1
Tensor

Face detection

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Snapdragon 888 26.5
Tensor

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 888 67.7
Tensor

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 888 59.9
Tensor

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 888 37.5
Tensor

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 888 3.96
Tensor

SQLite

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Snapdragon 888 1060
Tensor

3DMark

Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz 4k, FHD+ @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 840 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 2 20
  • Shading units 512 320
  • FLOPS 1720 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 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X60 Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

CPU
43%
GPU
38%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Google Tensor

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