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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
The 2018 flagship standard: OnePlus 6, Pixel 3, Galaxy S9. Four Kryo 385 Gold cores and the Adreno 630 made it the last great 10nm Snapdragon, and its phones stayed usable far longer than their update policies did.
Pros
- Balanced, thermally friendly design
- Massive custom ROM ecosystem
- Used phones cost almost nothing now
Cons
- 10nm efficiency far off modern chips
- No 5G, Wi-Fi 5 only
- GPU now struggles with modern engines
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
General
- Announced
- 2018
- Process
- 10 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 10 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) + 4x1.77 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
- Max clock
- 2.8 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 630
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 685
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-1866
- Max bandwidth
- 29.9 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X20 LTE
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- 4K @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 590Bottom 21%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,200Bottom 37%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 506Bottom 39%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 earns an Inno Score of 26.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The 2018 flagship standard: OnePlus 6, Pixel 3, Galaxy S9. Four Kryo 385 Gold cores and the Adreno 630 made it the last great 10nm Snapdragon, and its phones stayed usable far longer than their update policies did.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845?
Cores: 8 · Process: 10 nm · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 630
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 6360, Qualcomm Snapdragon 439, MediaTek Helio G96 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
