Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 801

206

Snapdragon 855 Plus

1030

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 801

701

Snapdragon 855 Plus

2861

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait	1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	1000 million	6700 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	933 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 330	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 300	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	578 MHz	675 MHz
Execution units	1	3
Shaders	128	768
DirectX	11	12.1
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x2048	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 21MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.15 Gbps	5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS