Snapdragon 860 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (Adreno 619). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Performs 2.9x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 17 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 58%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 822K vs 521K
  • 48% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
822433
CPU 299294 229840
GPU 119740 49950
Memory 162141 101579
UX 241258 140317
Total score 822433 521686
Samples [47 tests] [7 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 101.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 54.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 79.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 42 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 66.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 6.11 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 21.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 2.84 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 2.15 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 1.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 201.4 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 12 tests Less than 3

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 979 308
Stability 91% 99%
Graphics test 5 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8774 12259
Video editing score 6020 4529
Data manipulation score 8724 8023
Photo editing score 22475 23033
Writing score 13390 12626
Phones tested Less than 3 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]
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Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-19 (RรธFรฎKรผL)AnTuTu 11584179
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-12 (Mark)AnTuTu 11403824
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-06 (Sean O)AnTuTu 11521686
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-15 (Chxp)AnTuTu 11523738
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-23 (Eddy)AnTuTu 11490749

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 675 MHz 700 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 358.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2019 October 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8150-AC SM4375
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

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