Snapdragon 845 vs A10 Fusion

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Snapdragon 845

A10 Fusion

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (Adreno 630) with the older 4-core Apple A10 Fusion (PowerVR GT7600) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

• Performs 6.3x better in floating-point computations

• Has 4 more cores

• Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 16 nm)

• Announced 1-year and 3-months later

• Shows better (up to 35%) AnTuTu 9 score – 401K vs 298K

• 20% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2340 MHz)

• Better instruction set architecture

Pros of Apple A10 Fusion

• Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 845

• Higher GPU frequency (~27%)

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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios

Snapdragon 845

+35%

401280

A10 Fusion

298200

CPU
102331
94978

GPU
154456
92122

Memory
57724
41888

UX
87647
72094

Total score
401280
298200

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GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Single-Core Score

Snapdragon 845

507

A10 Fusion

+53%

776

Multi-Core Score

Snapdragon 845

+55%

2188

A10 Fusion

1410

Image compression
124.7 Mpixels/s
65.5 Mpixels/s

Face detection
20.4 images/s
10.2 images/s

Speech recognition
33.6 words/s
26.1 words/s

Machine learning
35.3 images/s
27.5 images/s

Camera shooting
19.8 images/s
14.3 images/s

HTML 5
2.62 Mnodes/s
1.83 Mnodes/s

SQLite
667.1 Krows/s
427.2 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)

3DMark Wild Life Performance

Snapdragon 845

1437

A10 Fusion

+84%

2640

Stability
81%
67%

Graphics test
8 FPS
15 FPS

Score
1437
2640

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games

PUBG Mobile
53 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile
55 FPS
[High]
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Fortnite
28 FPS
[Ultra]
–

Shadowgun Legends
48 FPS
[High]
–

World of Tanks Blitz
60 FPS
[Ultra]
–

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
56 FPS
[Ultra]
–

Device
Xiaomi Pocophone F1
1080 x 2246
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 845 and A10 Fusion

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane
2x 1.05 GHz – Zephyr

Cores
8
4

Frequency
2800 MHz
2340 MHz

Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A

L1 cache
256 KB
64 KB

L2 cache
1.5 MB
3 MB

L3 cache
2 MB
4 MB

Process
10 nanometers
16 nanometers

Transistor count
3 billion
3.3 billion

TDP
9 W
5 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 630
PowerVR GT7600

Architecture
Adreno 600
Rogue

GPU frequency
710 MHz
900 MHz

Execution units
2
6

Shading units
256
196

FLOPS
727 Gigaflops
115 Gigaflops

Vulkan version
1.0
1.0

OpenCL version
2.0
2.0

DirectX version
12
12

Memory

Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4

Memory frequency
1866 MHz
–

Bus
2x 32 Bit
–

Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
–

Max size
8 GB
3 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 685
No

Storage type
UFS 2.1
NVMe

Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2048 x 1536

Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS

Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS

Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG

Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem
X20 LTE
Qualcomm MDM9645M

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 12

5G support
No
No

Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps

Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 100 Mbps

Wi-Fi
5
5

Bluetooth
5.0
4.2

Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
December 2017
September 2016

Class
Flagship
Flagship

Model number
SDM845
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Official page
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site
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Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?

Snapdragon 845

300

(55%)

A10 Fusion

245

(45%)

Total votes: 545