Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2018 and belongs to the 6 generation of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series.
Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Family: Qualcomm Snapdragon
Group: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.96 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 8
Cores A: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
Cores B: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
Cores C: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
Core architecture: hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.96 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.42 GHz
C-Core Frequency: 1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus uses the Qualcomm Adreno 640, which has 384 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU frequency: 0.25 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.68 GHz
Execution units: 4
Shaders: 384
Max. GPU Memory: 4.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 5
Direct X: 12.0
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q1/2019

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: No
VC-1: No
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 4
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): None
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 3.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 2.0 MB
L3-Cache: 3.0 MB
Architecture: Kryo 485
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q4/2018
Release price: --
Part Number: SM8150-AC / SM8150P
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
588491
588491
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
8C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
569732
569732
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
558430
558430
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
545690
545690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
542771
542771

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

MediaTek Dimensity 1000
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
507536
507536
MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
493583
493583
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
487155
487155
MediaTek Dimensity 920
8C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
482796
482796
MediaTek Dimensity 930
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
482796
482796

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD FX-4200
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
4395
4395
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
4389
4389
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
4389
4389
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
4389
4389
Intel Core i5-4440S
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
4381
4381

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
2645
2645
Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
2637
2637
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2632
2632
Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
2630
2630
MediaTek Kompanio 820
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
2627
2627

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-4360
2C 4T @ 3.7 GHz
2398
2398
Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
2397
2397
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2397
2397
Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
2397
2397
Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.7 GHz
2394
2394

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
1037
1037
Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1037
1037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
1037
1037
Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1037
1037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
1037
1037

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996
996
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996
996
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
994
994
Intel Core i7-4770TE
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
992
992
Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
990
990

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Samsung Exynos 9825
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
731
731
Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
731
731
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
731
731
Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
15C 30T @ 2.8 GHz
731
731
Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
731
731