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60

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

48

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Snapdragon 870
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 870

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 870 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.

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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 46
Snapdragon 870 37
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 49
Snapdragon 870 33
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 870 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 60
Snapdragon 870 48
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Snapdragon 870
CPU 243697 179347
GPU 478120 270188
Memory 191931 98761
UX 184166 95818
Total score 1097914 644114
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 39.53% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (900 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 70.45% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (1,098 K vs 644 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 1311
Snapdragon 870 1038

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4117
Snapdragon 870 3569

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 180.6

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 25.25

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 54.7

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 56.95

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 28

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870 989.1

3DMark

51%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Stability 69%

Graphics test 59 FPS
22%
Snapdragon 870
Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

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+, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2021 Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
     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)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 650
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 645 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 512
  • FLOPS - 1,267 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 X55
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10240 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2500 Mbps 2500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3000 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 316 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU
46%
GPU
49%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
37%
GPU
33%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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