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45

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Snapdragon 870

95

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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.

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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870 32
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 27
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 45
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 179347 635739
GPU 270188 1237734
Memory 98761 460296
UX 95818 457187
Total score 644114 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 70.54% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (1100 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 93.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (5333 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 57.14% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (3 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 333.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (2,791 K vs 644 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 94.09% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 (85.4 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3DMark

22%
Snapdragon 870
Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
121%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 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

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 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 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 512 768
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X55 Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 2500 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
  • 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
32%
GPU
27%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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