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Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 855

Snapdragon 888
VS
Snapdragon 855
Snapdragon 888
Snapdragon 855

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 855 (Adreno 640). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (6)

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 888
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.13 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~44%)
  • Performs 44% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1135K vs 824K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 888
vs
Snapdragon 855

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 888 +38%
1135878
Snapdragon 855
824513
CPU 406119 314517
GPU 233383 125449
Memory 188085 150134
UX 308291 234413
Total score 1135878 824513
Samples [127 tests] [39 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 156.9 MB/sec 126.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 74.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 104.6 Mpixels/sec 88 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.9 images/sec 57.7 images/sec
HDR 104.7 Mpixels/sec 89.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.1 images/sec 9.07 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 4.06 Mpixels/sec
Samples 49 tests 29 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 7.75 images/sec 4.31 images/sec
Face detection 3.37 images/sec 1.84 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 13.1 Gpixels/sec 8.72 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 851.2 FPS 444 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 505 -
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 4 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1508 876
Stability 91% 86%
Graphics test 9 FPS 5 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 888 +26%
13229
Snapdragon 855
10497
Web score 12232 8813
Video editing score 7638 5956
Data manipulation score 10494 8239
Photo editing score 29866 22485
Writing score 15219 13084
Phones tested 11 models 8 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS
[Ultra]		 58 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 56 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Ultra]		 28 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Asus Zenfone 8
1080 x 2400		 Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340
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 888
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Executedream)AnTuTu 121200645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Nam)AnTuTu 121163847
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Zha)AnTuTu 12976692
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Zakazaka1273)AnTuTu 11855696
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (Pon)AnTuTu 121038764
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Stanley)AnTuTu 12969794
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 855

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 6.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 640
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 840 MHz 585 MHz
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 256
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 898.5 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 780 Hexagon 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.13 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 X60 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced December 2020 December 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350 SM8150
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Comments

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Jaqsparu February 28, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Broke ppl are saying sd855 is better, compared to both the 888 is far ahead of the 855 I played skyline Nintendo switch games and other emulators,s and even pubs and cod it's far Better.
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Tech Enthusiast October 21, 2021 at 08:20 PM
I own and mess around with many different devices. For day to day use we have been over buying performance for years now. In terms of both of these chips I'd probably go with the older SOC simply because the 888 has been horrendous with battery management. It can't control thermals and it is almost a pointless boost in performance if phone makers need to throttle the SOC out of the box.
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Dikkelul April 8, 2021 at 03:17 PM
It entirely depends on your usage. Why would people spend more money to upgrade from a medium/low spec device when all they do is make calls, read email and check the web on occasion. Any phone can run just about any mobile game because that is what they are designed for. If you want to test CPU and GPU prowess of any device, try to either emulate with dolphin or run test benches. Playing mobile games and judging performance by eye is not a good estimation at all. As for battery degradation. It depends on how the battery has been handled. Batteries made in the past 2-4 years are way better than the old batteries. Phones are also much better at charging the batteries at different speeds at different % charge, this has huge benefits to battery longevity. A phone I got for 2 years nearly has no battery degradation because it's been fast charged up to 90% for most of it's lifespan.
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Some TECH Guy March 4, 2021 at 04:30 PM
In terms of price, a phone with snapdragon 855 would be 350-450 usd which is insane, meanwhile for the sd 888 easily +700 usd, old flagship processors (around 1-2 years after being released) are extremely worth it, never buy midrange devices, just spend a little bit extra cash or save and you get 2.5-3x performance
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Not true March 5, 2021 at 02:10 PM
In terms of performance it would be better, especially games but in CPU wise it will be on par I tested my 855 vs 732G with no animations and the difference was rarely visible and most likely depends on SSD speed. Even if you buy NEW sealed old flagship battery will be degraded and for used phone you need to replace it 100% that's added costs and you don't know the phone story... it may be repaired at best... less updates and so on...
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some other tech guy July 22, 2021 at 03:54 PM
There's the realme gt 5 though, which also is equipped with a snapdragon 888. Goes for ~$500 right now.
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