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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
The 2020 flagship that refuses to die: Galaxy S20, OnePlus 8, Mi 10 and dozens more. Four Cortex-A77 performance cores and the Adreno 650 still handle every mainstream game, which is why used 865 phones remain the default budget-flagship recommendation.
Pros
- Still-capable Adreno 650 GPU
- Huge used market and custom ROM support
- Full 8K30 / 4K60 video pipeline
Cons
- External X55 modem hurts battery on 5G
- Aging 7nm process
- No official support for many 2026 apps' AI features
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 10 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x2.84 GHz Cortex-A77 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A77 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.84 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 650
- GPU clock
- 587 MHz
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 698
- AI performance
- 15 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5-2750
- Max bandwidth
- 44 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X55 5G (external)
- Max download
- 7.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Media
- Max display
- 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz
- Video capture
- 8K@30fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 11
- 861,546Bottom 34%
- AnTuTu 11 (CPU)
- 306,337Bottom 31%
- AnTuTu 11 (GPU)
- 162,790Bottom 37%
- AnTuTu 11 (Memory)
- 152,804Bottom 23%
- AnTuTu 11 (UX)
- 239,615Bottom 34%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,100Top 45%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 3,300Top 41%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 1,250Bottom 29%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 earns an Inno Score of 37.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The 2020 flagship that refuses to die: Galaxy S20, OnePlus 8, Mi 10 and dozens more. Four Cortex-A77 performance cores and the Adreno 650 still handle every mainstream game, which is why used 865 phones remain the default budget-flagship recommendation.
What is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 AnTuTu score?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 scores 861,546 points in AnTuTu 11 (CPU 306,337, GPU 162,790, Memory 152,804, UX 239,615). That puts it in the top 70% of the 36 AnTuTu 11 results in this category in our database. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 1,100 single-core and 3,300 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · AnTuTu: 861,546 · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 650
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Helio G200, MediaTek Dimensity 920, MediaTek Dimensity 1200 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
