Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs Google Tensor G5

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

Google Tensor G5

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 1800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G5 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.1843 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 1800MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Released 7 years and 10 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

220696

Google Tensor G5 +555%

1445942

FP32 (float)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

184

Google Tensor G5 +734%

1536

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

VS

Google Tensor G5

CPU

4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)

Architecture

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525

1800 MHz

Frequency

3400 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

14 nm

Process

3 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

-

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 509

GPU name

-

720 MHz

GPU frequency

1100 MHz

1

Execution units

-

128

Shading units

-

8

Max size

16

0.1843 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.536 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

-

2.0

OpenCL version

-

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5X

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

-

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

5.3 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 680

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

1900 x 1200

Max display resolution

3840 x 2400

1x 24MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

X12

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 600 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

5.0

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Oct 2017

Announced

Aug 2025

Mid range

Class

Flagship

SDM636

Model number

-

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

Official page

-

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