Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2021 and belongs to the 6 generation of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series.
Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Family: Qualcomm Snapdragon
Group: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 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 860 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 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-2133
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 860 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: Q1/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: SM8150-AC
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Samsung Exynos 2100
8C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
602990
602990
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
598103
598103
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
560128
560128
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
523650
523650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
523068
523068

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
6C 6T @ 2.4 GHz
536422
536422
Samsung Exynos 1380
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
513496
513496

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2698
2698
Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2698
2698
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2698
2698
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2698
2698
Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
2698
2698

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
2645
2645
Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2637
2637
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2634
2634
Intel Core i7-3920XM
4C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
2632
2632
Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
2617
2617

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-4308U
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
974
974
Intel Core i5-4430S
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
973
973
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
972
972
Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
971
971
Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
971
971

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
733
733
Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
733
733
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
733
733
Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
733
733
Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
733
733