Qualcomm’s 7nm Snapdragon 855 is now official with improved imaging and efficiency

05 December 2018
The CPU was finally announced during Qualcomm’s ongoing Summit in Hawaii.

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The last Oracle, 07 Dec 20188k at 30fps seems great on the Exynos 9820 (for HDR 48MP ph... moreThicker phone would mean better camera, battery, features, speakers, and extra things they could add on.

    SKR..., 05 Dec 2018Exynos 9820 is definitely more powerful, it has a capabilit... more8k at 30fps seems great on the Exynos 9820 (for HDR 48MP photos), but people are more intested in HDR for video because small sensors have pretty low dynamic range. Also smartphones needs better video codec and log profile, to be able to be truly get professional. Also, way better HDR algorithms for HDR photos too. Maybe we finally get an f1.0 lens along with built in electronic ND filter.

    I would prefer a fatter smartphone if it means more robust video (ProRes/ Blackmagic RAW) and photo codec (HEIF and 14-bit RAW).

      Meanwhile my Galaxy S9 Plus is just as fluid and wuick as the day I got it. Totally looking forward to the officially Pie release. Hopefully it'll release sometime in the next 90 days.

        Anonymous, 06 Dec 20181st world country paid 100 more but only got 10 times faste... moreLol bro.. On second thought.. Our tariff plans are awesome.. Was just checking t mobile tariff.. They are just ripping off customer at this point

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          • 07 Dec 2018

          I wonder why people think the next successor of SD 845 will be SD 8150. Are people so dumb nowadays?

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            • 06 Dec 2018

            Whackcar, 05 Dec 2018Antutu is a joke though. Let's stick with Geekbench. Al... moreFine, then the 855 would be without competition for at least 9 months (should ship by the end of the year on that folding "Flexpai" or whatever as long as that company meets their own deadline), the next Mate would ship with the new Kirin next October.

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              • 06 Dec 2018

              Anonymous, 05 Dec 2018The benchmark tests need to change to catch the cheaters. ... moreThat's a good point but after my suggestion to Andrei all subsequent benchmarks at Anandtech should be run with altered signatures, it should already catch any secretive behavior changes directed at benchmarks, and Anandtech was already among the most reliable when it comes to technical analyses.

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                • 06 Dec 2018

                As I expected, the 855 would at least match Kirin 980's machine learning performance without an NPU, now that it has a tensor core incorporated into the DSP, it's a notch above. So far there's only any room for speculation left in CPU multicore, in all other aspects SD855 should be superior.

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                  • 06 Dec 2018

                  Anonymous, 05 Dec 2018lol 4k 60fps even mid range exynos Chipset 9610 could captu... moreThe ISP math works out to 182fps@4k for the new spectra

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                    • 06 Dec 2018

                    viveksubhash, 05 Dec 2018As a 3rd world country, mine has 4g network and all but act... more1st world country paid 100 more but only got 10 times faster donna who is more miserable ...

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                      • 06 Dec 2018

                      Shanti Dope, 05 Dec 2018In CPU they don't differ much, but let's talk about the ove... moreWow. So in other words you clearly have never followed exynos or snapdragon.
                      And clearly don't understand any of the gpu architectures here either. Please come back in a few months or years after you have done some research and unbeaten some facts

                        SKR..., 05 Dec 2018Exynos 9820 is definitely more powerful, it has a capabilit... moreAny video recording is encoded on the video block.
                        CPU has basically no use there.

                          Shanti Dope, 05 Dec 2018In CPU they don't differ much, but let's talk about the ove... moreThe X50 is not integrated. Its an add-on that not all OEM will pay for.
                          2019 will not be the year of 5g, thats for sure.

                            Anonymous, 05 Dec 2018It was almost entirely marketing. The whole it works things... moreNope. It was able to do many things that other similar devices couldn't at that time.
                            It also started as the baseline for the best devices we have in the world today.

                            Yes it's true, Apple heavily marketed it as something revolutionary, just like all manufacturers do. The only thing is that Apple nailed it on the first iPhone and it did really deliver the promised results in real world usage.

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                              • 06 Dec 2018

                              kupfernigk, 05 Dec 2018Probably true. The first 4g phones with Qualcomm had terrib... more5g is not like 4g. It's about diversity of frequencies, channel coding and antennas.

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                                • 06 Dec 2018

                                Kingslayer, 05 Dec 2018I rarely even check phone reviews anymore because OEMs aren... moreexactly my point..........
                                too much phones everywhere......

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                                  • 06 Dec 2018

                                  Al-Aqsa Lover, 05 Dec 2018No word on the new adreno?!20% faster
                                  50% more efficient
                                  2x 32/16bit ALUs
                                  full 10bit pipeline, rec.2020, hdr10+

                                  We'll have to wait a bit to see how this shakes out in silicon

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                                    • 05 Dec 2018

                                    Kirin 980 is good enough for me.

                                      No word on the new adreno?!

                                        I rarely even check phone reviews anymore because OEMs aren't focusing on practical features like battery life and only focusing on useless ones like a slightly prettier design or a slightly better display and camera. And with those incremental improvements, they raise the prices by $200 more!

                                        I'm glad the smartphone market is on the decline and Samsung and Apple are struggling to sell their ripoff products. It needs a wakeup call. And they should stop releasing flagships every year and only do it every 2-3 years. We really aren't going to see the difference if we upgrade annually.

                                        Think the video game industry. The PlayStation 4 is over 5-years-old. Just release a slightly upgraded one every two years. But knowing the greed they all have, they will keep releasing flagships every six months to a year. Oversaturated market already. At least it keeps the YouTube tech hipsters/reviewers relevant.