Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	3000 million	10300 million
TDP	9 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 682	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 540	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Adreno 500	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	740 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	2	2
Shaders	384	512
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP	1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS