Snapdragon 695 vs Snapdragon 860: The Better SoC

The SoC has become very crowded especially in the mid-range and upper mid-range category. So, it has become quite confusing for the common customer to decide the best phone equipped with the best SoC for the price.

Qualcomm is quite competitive in this market as it has positioned two SoCs for the upper mid-range phones: Snapdragon 695 and Snapdragon 860. So, lets compare these two SoCs.

CPU

Snapdragon 695 features 8 ARM Cortex cores: 2 Cortex A78 at 2.2GHz and 6 Cortex A55 at 1.8GHz.

Snapdragon 860 features 8 ARM Cortex cores: 1 Cortex A76 at 2.96GHz, 1 Cortex A76 at 2.42GHz and 6 Cortex A55 at 1.8GHz.

• 860 has faster CPU.

GPU

695 features Adreno 619 GPU with 2×128 ALUs.

860 features Adreno 640 GPU with a frequency of 675 MHz and 3×256 ALUs.

• 860 has 2X better GPU.

Process

Snapdragon 695 is based on 6nm process.

Snapdragon 860 is based on 7nm process.

Display Support

695 supports upto 120Hz refresh rate at FHD+ resolution display.

860 supports upto 120Hz refresh rate at FHD+ resolution or 60Hz refresh rate at 4K resolution display.

• 860 has better display support.

Camera Support

695 supports upto 108MP single or 16MP dual or 13MPP triple. It supports upto 1080P recording at 60 FPS or 720P recording at 120 FPS. It does have support for 4K recording. It has Spectra 346T ISP, Triple 12-bit ISP.

860 supports upto 192MP single or 22MP dual. It supports upto 4K recording at 30 FPS or 1080P recording at 60 FPS or 720P recording at 120 FPS. It has Spectra 380 ISP, Dual 14-bit ISP.

• 860 has better ISP.

AI and NPU

695 features Hexagon 686 NPU.

860 features Hexagon 690 NPU.

• 860 has better NPU.

Memory

695 supports Dual channel LPDDR4X RAM at 2133 MHz with Bandwidth of 17.1 GB/s. It supports eMMC 5.1 and UFS 2.2 storage.

860 supports Quad channel LPDDR4X RAM at 2133 MHz with Bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. It supports eMMC 5.1 and UFS 3.1 storage.

Network and Connectivity

695 supports X51 Modem(Internal)

• 5G D/L – 2.5 Gbps

• 5G D/L – 1.5 Mbps
• Wi-Fi bands – 2.4 and 5 GHz

It has Bluetooth 5.2 with NavIC support.

860 supports X50 Modem(External)

• 5G D/L – 2 Gbps

• 5G D/L – 316 Mbps
• Wi-Fi bands – 2.4, 5 and 60 GHz

It has Bluetooth 5.1 with no NavIC support.

Launch

Snapdragon 695 was launched in Q4 2021.

Snapdragon 860 was launched in Q1 2021.

Benchmarks

Snapdragon 695

Geekbench CPU Score:

• Single Core: 688

• Multi Core: 2052

Antutu GPU Score:

• 99860

Centurion GPU Score:

• 103.4

Snapdragon 860

Geekbench CPU Score:

• Single Core: 782
• Multi Core: 2792

Antutu GPU Score:

• 205864

Centurion GPU Score:

• 117.7

Winner

Snapdragon 860 is clearly the better SoC because of better CPU, GPU, RAM, ROM, ISP, AI cores, Wi-Fi and 4K display support. However, Snapdragon 695 has better architecture, CPU cores, 5G speed and Bluetooth 5.2 and NavIC support.

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