Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2150 MHz
2450 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
128 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
2
3
TDP
11 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 540
GPU frequency
624 MHz
739 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
256
384
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Hexagon 682
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 16
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Nov 2015
Nov 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996
MSM8998
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
260,148
339,384
Geekbench 6
323
415
Geekbench 6
827
1,519
FP32 (float)
319
567