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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm's 2019 flagship - OnePlus 7 Pro, Galaxy S10, Mi 9. The first Snapdragon on 7nm and the first with a dedicated prime core. Seven years on it still runs daily tasks smoothly, which says more about smartphone maturity than about the chip.
Pros
- Proven, cool-running 7nm design
- Adreno 640 still plays most titles at low settings
- Dirt-cheap on the used market
Cons
- 4G only without the external X50 add-on
- No Wi-Fi 6 on most implementations
- 2026 camera and AI stacks leave it behind
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 10 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x2.84 GHz Cortex-A76 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.79 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.84 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 640
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 690
- AI performance
- 7 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
- Max bandwidth
- 34.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X24 LTE
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- 4K @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu (typical)
- 600,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 850Bottom 37%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,700Bottom 46%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 800Bottom 10%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 earns an Inno Score of 31.4/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Qualcomm's 2019 flagship - OnePlus 7 Pro, Galaxy S10, Mi 9. The first Snapdragon on 7nm and the first with a dedicated prime core. Seven years on it still runs daily tasks smoothly, which says more about smartphone maturity than about the chip.
What is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 AnTuTu score?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 scores 600,000 points in AnTuTu. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 850 single-core and 2,700 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · AnTuTu: 600,000 · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 640
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G, Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G, Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
