Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 695 and Snapdragon 870 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 695
  • Snapdragon 695 has 30.23% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (840 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 695 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 695 supports -68.00 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 800 vs 2500 Mbps).
Pros of Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 45.45 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 695 ( 3200 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 695 ( 2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 73.43 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 695 ( 644 K vs 371 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 695 ( 44 vs 17 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 115765 179347
GPU 93638 270188
Memory 60715 98761
UX 101282 95818
Total score 371400 644114

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% 90%
Graphics test 7 FPS 25 FPS
Score 1204 4258

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 695 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1700MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2200MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 840 MHz 645 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1024
FLOPS 536 Gigaflops 1,267 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 800 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 1500 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 210 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2021 January 2021
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number SM6375 SM8250-ACSM8250-AC
Official page Snapdragon 695 official site Snapdragon 870 official site