Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 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 4 Gen 1 22
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 39
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
CPU 179347 114597
GPU 270188 93082
Memory 98761 68776
UX 95818 111637
Total score 644114 388092
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 60.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 65.97% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (644 K vs 388 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 212.50% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2500 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 27.91% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (825 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 620

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 1835

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • 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

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 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)
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A -
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz 825 MHz
  • Execution units 2 4
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • 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 2.1, UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X55 Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • 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 4 Gen 1

CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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