Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870 39
Snapdragon 860 29
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Snapdragon 860 24
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Snapdragon 860 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Snapdragon 860 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Snapdragon 860 744

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Snapdragon 860 2616

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Snapdragon 860 142.85

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Snapdragon 860 20.3

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Snapdragon 860 44.55

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Snapdragon 860 46.35

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Snapdragon 860 22.85

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 860 1.65

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Snapdragon 860 777.9

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 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 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
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

78%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 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)
    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
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X55 X24 LTE, X50 5G
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
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 860

CPU
29%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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