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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) vs Rockchip RK3566

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform (MSM8998) is a high-end SoC for smartphones (mostly Android based) that was released early 2017. Its one of the first processors that is manufactured in 10 nm (LPE FinFET at Samsung). The SD835 is the successor to the Snapdragon 821.

It integrates 4x Kryo 280 at 2.45 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 280 at 1.9 GHz (max) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X16 LTE modem, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad WiFi, a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller, an UFS 2.1 controller, Hexagon 682 DSP, Spectra 180 Image Seonsor Prozessor, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, GLONASS, Baeidou, Galileo Satellite Support.

Rockchip RK3566

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The Rockchip RK3566 is an entry-level ARM SoC (system-on-a-chip) introduced in 2020, which is primarily used in AIot devices and e-ink tablets, for example in Lenovo's Paper Smart. The chip is manufactured in 22nm and integrates four ARM Cortex-A55 cores with up to 2 GHz. As a GPU it integrates a ARM Mali-G52 MP2 (2 cores). Furthermore, a video decoder with H.264 and H.265 support is integrated, among other things.

Besides the CPU and graphics chip, the chip also integrates an LPDDR3/LPDDR4x memory controller, but no cellular modem. Das SoC beinhaltet ein Modem für Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac). Furthermore, an AI unit with 1 TOPS is installed.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)Rockchip RK3566
CodenameKryo 280ARM Cortex-A55
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
Clock2450 MHz <=2000 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 84 / 4
Transistors>3000 Million
Technology10 nm22 nm
FeaturesX16 LTE Modem, Adreno 540 GPU, Hexagon DSP, Spectra 180 Camera, Aqstic Audio, IZat Location, Haven Security
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 540 ( - 710 MHz)ARM Mali-G52 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.96rocks.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 SD 835 +
1.6 Points (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 SD 835 +
0.3 Points (6%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 SD 835 +
664 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 SD 835 +
3198 Points (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 1493     avg: 1501     median: 1500.5 (4%)     max: 1508 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
6351 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
6442 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 6729     avg: 19196     median: 20406 (17%)     max: 23046 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
921 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 SD 835 +
1399 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1520     avg: 2849     median: 2969 (28%)     max: 3161 Points
1061 Points (10%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
100%
1 RK3566 +
203 Points (5%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
100%
1 RK3566 +
493 Points (2%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
386 Points (15%)
143 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
1669 Points (3%)
312 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
388 Points (2%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
1714 Points (5%)
745 Points (7%)
1418 Points (1%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 814     avg: 1733     median: 2021 (22%)     max: 2075 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 2952     avg: 5482     median: 6212.5 (9%)     max: 6552 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 3960     avg: 4100     median: 4100 (7%)     max: 4240 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 1144     avg: 1155     median: 1155 (23%)     max: 1166 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 5674     avg: 6126     median: 6126 (10%)     max: 6578 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 1933     avg: 1954     median: 1954 (29%)     max: 1975 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 1810     avg: 2308     median: 2308 (19%)     max: 2806 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 2528     avg: 3500     median: 3499.5 (32%)     max: 4471 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 11609     avg: 12054     median: 12053.5 (24%)     max: 12498 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 5777     avg: 5936     median: 5935.5 (12%)     max: 6094 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 7193     avg: 7226     median: 7226 (19%)     max: 7259 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2425     avg: 3219     median: 3175 (4%)     max: 4813 ms
34733 ms (41%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 210     avg: 298.5     median: 298.5 (3%)     max: 387 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3086     avg: 11209     median: 11484 (9%)     max: 14300 Points
5022 Points (4%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 RK3566 +
21 Points (6%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
77 Points (14%)
36 Points (6%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 150208     avg: 173235     median: 175032 (60%)     max: 185487 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 8164     avg: 9635     median: 8734.5 (27%)     max: 16148 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 42180     avg: 44325     median: 43544.5 (53%)     max: 47943 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 77533     avg: 82910     median: 83517 (26%)     max: 85868 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 68241     avg: 71814     median: 72442.5 (44%)     max: 73371 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 201881     avg: 208685     median: 208251 (37%)     max: 217442 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 RK3566 +
105826 Points (5%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 RK3566 +
29585 Points (7%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SD 835 +
266992 Points (35%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 476     avg: 551     median: 570.5 (11%)     max: 585 min
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 3393     avg: 3679     median: 3705 (20%)     max: 3874 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 3927     avg: 4679     median: 4655 (10%)     max: 5195 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 5603     avg: 6743     median: 6690.5 (44%)     max: 7510 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 6854     avg: 7925     median: 7944.5 (40%)     max: 9927 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 RK3566 +
4045 Points (15%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 RK3566 +
172 Points (6%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 RK3566 +
5.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 RK3566 +
1.8 Watt (2%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3566 → 31% n=8

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)