Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 179347 98820
GPU 270188 71078
Memory 98761 47158
UX 95818 52126
Total score 644114 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 39.13% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (3200 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 47.37% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2750 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 12.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (7 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 139.29% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (644 K vs 269 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 216.32% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (44 vs 13.91 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 212.50% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (2500 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

  • Snapdragon 720G has 16.28% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (750 vs 645 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

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
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 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 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB 1 MB
  • Process 7 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 512 128
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops 435 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 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 13.91 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 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X55 X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • 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 870

CPU
39%
GPU
34%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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