Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835: specifications

Comparison of technical characteristics between computer processors, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 on one hand, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 on the other hand. The first has a total of 8 cores, 8 threads, a maximum frequency of 2.5 GHz. The second has 8 cores, 8 threads, its turbo frequency reaches 2.8 GHz. The following table also allows us to compare the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the launch date, the maximum number of PCIe lines , the values obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15, as well as the price.

Specifications:

Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Family	Snapdragon	Snapdragon
Release date	Q1 2019	Q2 2017
Lithography	7 nm FinFET	10 nm FinFET LPE
Transistors	6,000,000,000	3,000,000,000
Cores	8	8
Threads	8	8
Base frequency	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
Turbo frequency	2.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Details	1x Cortex-A76 @2.84 GHz 3x Cortex-A76 @2.42 GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @1.8 GHz	4x Cortex-A73 @2.45 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 @1.9 GHz
Cache	2 MB	2 MB
Max memory size	16 GB	6 GB
Memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	LPDDR4X-1866
AnTuTu	359 350	199 273
Geekbench 4 single-core	3,545	1,855
Geekbench 4 multi-core	11,150	6,324
Price	NA	NA
Amazon	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Ebay	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. We see that the two processors have an equivalent number of cores, that the maximum frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is superior, that their respective TDPs are of the same order identical. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 has been launched after.

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