We have arranged a full comparison of Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus where Qualcomm launches both the SoCs. Now we have compared these two 8 core processors based on their pros and cons, Geekbench, Antutu, and technical specifications.
CPU Performance
Gaming Performance
Battery Life
Tenzys Tech Score
Major differences between Snapdragon 888 Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Snapdragon 888 Plus is the latest SOC as announced 7-months later than Snapdragon 888.
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 5.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (2995 vs 2840 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 8.09% higher Antutu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (800k vs 865k)
Full comparison between Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus
| SoC: | Snapdragon 888 | Snapdragon 888 Plus |
Antutu 9
Total Score:
| CPU | 212299 | 218734 |
| GPU | 302110 | 326250 |
| Memory | 135341 | 153870 |
| UX | 150913 | 166641 |
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GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 176.7 Mpixels/s | – |
| Face detection | 27.4 images/s | – |
| Speech recognition | 68.35 words/s | – |
| Machine learning | 66.45 images/s | – |
| Camera shooting | 36.4 images/s | – |
| HTML 5 | 3.91 Mnodes/s | – |
| SQLite | 1060 Krows/s | – |
Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision | HDR10+, HDR10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) | 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2995 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | – |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| TDP | 10 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Transistor Count | – | – |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Adreno 660 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 512 |
| FLOPS | 1,720 GFLOPS | – |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon 780 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
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Connectivity
| Modem | X60 | X60 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | 7.5 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Upto 3 Gbps | Upto 3 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2020 | June 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350 | SM8350-AC |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site |
Additional
| Charging | Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 technology Qualcomm Quick Charge AI(0-100% in less than 15 minutes) | Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 technology Qualcomm Quick Charge AI(0-100% in less than 15 minutes) |
Review by Tenzys Tech
CPU
The CPU of Snapdragon 888 is clocked up to 2.84 GHz while Snapdragon 888 Plus is clocked up to 2.995 GHz, making the Snapdragon 888 Plus a better chipset.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Summary
Overall best chipset in a flagship series.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Summary
Best performer in the flagship series of Qualcomm in 2021.
Q n A
Which is better Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Snapdragon 888 Plus?
Snapdragon 888 Plus and Snapdragon 888 are mostly similar to each other apart from CPU and Antutu 9 score. Snapdragon 888 Plus has a clock speed of 2.995 GHz while Snapdragon 888 has 2.84 GHz and Also Antutu 9 score of SD 88 Plus is approx 865k while SD 888 has approx 800k. So by keep these specifications in mind SD 888 Plus chipset is slightly better than SD 888.
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