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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (SD730G Mobile Platform) is a fast mid-range ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. It integrates eight cores (octa-core) divided into two clusters. A fast performance cluster contains two ARM Cortex-A76 cores clocked at up to 2.3 GHz (Kryo 465 Gold) and a power efficiency cluster with six small ARM Cortex-A55 cores at up to 1.8 GHz (Kryo 465 Silver). Depending on the workload only single clusters or all cores can run at different clock speeds.

The differences to the Snapdragon 730(G) Kryo 470 are not known, although the performance is comparable.

The chip includes a range of other features like a fast X15 LTE radio (800 Mbits Cat 15 download), Wi-Fi 6 wireless radios (802.11ax), satellite positioning, USB-C 3.1, Spectra 350L ISP, Hexagon 692 DSP, H.265 video en- and decode, an LPDDR4X-3733 dual-channel memory controller and a Adreno 618 graphics card.

The Snapdragon 720G is manufactured in the modern 8 nm process at Samsung (8LLP).

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
CodenameKryo 280Cortex-A76 / A55
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
Clock2450 MHz2300 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Transistors>3000 Million
Technology10 nm8 nm
FeaturesX16 LTE Modem, Adreno 540 GPU, Hexagon DSP, Spectra 180 Camera, Aqstic Audio, IZat Location, Haven SecurityAdreno 618 GPU, X15 LTE Modem, Hexagon 692 DSP, Specra 350L ISP
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 540 ( - 710 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 618 (500 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - SD 720G
0.6 pt (47%)
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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
min: 6729     avg: 19196     median: 20406 (16%)     max: 23046 Points
min: 14849     avg: 19808     median: 20019 (16%)     max: 24117 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
min: 2730     avg: 3137     median: 3184 (30%)     max: 3321 Points
min: 2737     avg: 3135     median: 3167 (36%)     max: 3267 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
386 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
1669 Points (3%)
min: 1622     avg: 1713     median: 1694 (3%)     max: 1798 Points
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%)
2620 Points (26%)
6263 Points (6%)
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 (8%)     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 (15%)     max: 1166 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5674     avg: 6126     median: 6126 (10%)     max: 6578 Points
6077 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1933     avg: 1954     median: 1954 (29%)     max: 1975 Points
2343 Points (35%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 1810     avg: 2308     median: 2308 (12%)     max: 2806 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SD 835 +
min: 2528     avg: 3500     median: 3499.5 (24%)     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
min: 2532     avg: 2957     median: 2850 (3%)     max: 3577 ms
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 (8%)     max: 14300 Points
min: 11846     avg: 16261     median: 17265 (11%)     max: 17734 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
77 Points (14%)
min: 53     avg: 67.6     median: 69 (12%)     max: 78 Points
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 v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 49427     avg: 53354     median: 52960 (44%)     max: 59563 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 46713     avg: 51181     median: 50365 (41%)     max: 56477 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 68991     avg: 71176     median: 71560 (13%)     max: 72444 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 84491     avg: 97270     median: 99822 (36%)     max: 103632 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 253274     avg: 272982     median: 275464 (27%)     max: 288306 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 297261     avg: 320558     median: 320558 (16%)     max: 343854 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 90879     avg: 97691     median: 97690.5 (24%)     max: 104502 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
266992 Points (35%)
18494 Points (2%)
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
min: 5603     avg: 6743     median: 6690.5 (44%)     max: 7510 Points
min: 7673     avg: 8748     median: 8463 (55%)     max: 10181 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 6854     avg: 7925     median: 7944.5 (40%)     max: 9927 Points
min: 9027     avg: 10741     median: 9898 (50%)     max: 13821 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 10703     avg: 12017     median: 12016.5 (5%)     max: 13330 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 SD 720G +
min: 7471     avg: 8356     median: 8356 (29%)     max: 9241 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G → 108% n=15

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