Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Google Tensor G5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X45x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
Frequency
2450 MHz
3400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
3
-
TDP
9 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 540
-
GPU frequency
739 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
384
-
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
-
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682
-
Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 16
-
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Nov 2016
Aug 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8998
-
Official page
-

AI

NPU
-
Yes

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
339,384
1,445,942
Geekbench 6
415
-
Geekbench 6
1,519
-
FP32 (float)
567
1,536