Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870 39
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 34
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 30
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 50
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 179347 149371
GPU 270188 232144
Memory 98761 105312
UX 95818 114446
Total score 644114 601273
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 7.13% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (644 K vs 601 K).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 45.74% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (940 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 1001

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 2913

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 18 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 144 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

89%
Base Frequency

1950 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 710
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz 940 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X55 Snapdragon X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

CPU
39%
GPU
34%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

CPU
34%
GPU
30%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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