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.
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 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 158.82% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (44 vs 17 MHz).
- 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 39.53% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (900 vs 645 MHz).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 179347 | 114597 |
| GPU | 270188 | 93082 |
| Memory | 98761 | 68776 |
| UX | 95818 | 111637 |
| Total score | 644114 | 388092 |
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
33%
SD 8708%
SD 4 Gen 1Score: 4258
| Stability | 90% | - |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 4258 | 1034 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1Display
| 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 | - |
CPU
92%
SD 87058%
SD 4 Gen 1
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| 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 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| 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 | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 619 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 900 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 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | X55 | Snapdragon X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | January 2021 | October 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | SM4375 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
55.25
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
34.75
Review By TenzysTech
