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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
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.
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 (51.2 vs 44 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 243697 | 179347 |
| GPU | 478120 | 270188 |
| Memory | 191931 | 98761 |
| UX | 184166 | 95818 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 644114 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 180.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 25.25 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 54.7 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 56.95 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 28 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | 989.1 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
76%
SD 8 Plus Gen 133%
SD 870Score: 9875
| Stability | 69% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Score | 9875 | 4258 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870Display
| 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 |
CPU
85%
SD 8 Plus Gen 185%
SD 870
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| 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 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| 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 |
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 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | X55 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 3000 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 |
Info
| Announced Date | May 2022 | January 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 870 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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