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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 7 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870
67
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
57
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
48
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
66
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
64

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 7.50% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (645 vs 600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 14.73% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (644 K vs 561 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 71.88% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (44 vs 25.6 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has -42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 +14%
644114
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
561441
CPU 179347 177123
GPU 270188 162367
Memory 98761 101455
UX 95818 120496
Total score 644114 561441

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +28%
1038
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
812
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +16%
3569
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3081
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 870
0%
SD 7 Gen 1
Score: 4258

Stability 90% -
Graphics test 25 FPS -
Score 4258 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz QHD @ 60 Hz
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

92%
SD 870
69%
SD 7 Gen 1
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)
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 4
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 662
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 645 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 2 -
Shading units 512 384
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
2500
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
1200
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
4400
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
210
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
N/A
Modem X55 X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps -
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 Date January 2021 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM7450-AB
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
65%
GPU
57%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

57.75


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
CPU
58%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

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Review By TenzysTech

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