Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2800 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
128 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
3
2
TDP
9 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 630
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
710 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
2
1
Shading units
256
256
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
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 685
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Dec 2017
Nov 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SDM845
MSM8996
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
448,489
260,148
Geekbench 6
566
323
Geekbench 6
2,075
827
FP32 (float)
727
319