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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
57
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
83
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
66
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
89

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 51.94% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (980 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 52.73% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (4200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 98.22% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (1,277 K vs 644 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870
644114
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +98%
1276749
CPU 179347 270867
GPU 270188 567801
Memory 98761 239879
UX 95818 198202
Total score 644114 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870
1038
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +44%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870
3569
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +46%
5198
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 122.9 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 - 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

33%
SD 870
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 90% -
Graphics test 25 FPS 81 FPS
Score 4258 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Display

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

  CPU

92%
SD 870
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
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 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 7 4
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 645 MHz 980 MHz
Execution units 2 -
Shading units 512 -
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s -
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
2500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem X55 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date January 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM8550-AB
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
83%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

66.75


Review By TenzysTech

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