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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 860 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 860
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 860
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 860 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
61
Snapdragon 860
45
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
53
Snapdragon 860
37
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Snapdragon 860
75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
63
Snapdragon 860
52

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 8.11% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2960 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 38.83% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (644 K vs 464 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 28.92% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (44 vs 34.13 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 25.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (2500 vs 2000 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Snapdragon 860 has 4.65% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (675 vs 645 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 860

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 +38%
644114
Snapdragon 860
463958
CPU 179347 143028
GPU 270188 179320
Memory 98761 69420
UX 95818 72190
Total score 644114 463958

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +40%
1038
Snapdragon 860
744
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +36%
3569
Snapdragon 860
2616
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 142.85 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 20.3 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 44.55 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 46.35 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 22.85 images/s
HTML 5 - 1.65 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 777.9 Mnodes/s

3DMark

33%
SD 870
27%
SD 860
Score: 4258

Stability 90% 98%
Graphics test 25 FPS 20 FPS
Score 4258 3455

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 QHD @ 60Hz
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec2020

  CPU

92%
SD 870
86%
SD 860
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)
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.1-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 640
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 645 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 512 384
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops 1037 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 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon 690
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
2500
Snapdragon 860
2000
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Snapdragon 860
5000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Snapdragon 860
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Snapdragon 860
1200
Modem X55 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced Date January 2021 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM8150-AC
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 860 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
61%
GPU
53%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

55.25


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
45%
GPU
37%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

39.25


Review By TenzysTech

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