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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 888 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 888
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 888
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 888 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 888
73
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
57
Snapdragon 888
60
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Snapdragon 888
82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
66
Snapdragon 888
72

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 12.68% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3200 vs 2840 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Snapdragon 888 has 30.23% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (840 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has -28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (5 vs 7 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 25.52% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (808 K vs 644 K ).
  • Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
  • Snapdragon 888 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 870 (51.2 vs 44 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 888

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870
644114
Snapdragon 888 +26%
808495
CPU 179347 211734
GPU 270188 306250
Memory 98761 133870
UX 95818 156641
Total score 644114 808495

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870
1038
Snapdragon 888 +8%
1126
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870
3569
Snapdragon 888 +3%
3681
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 177.1 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 26.5 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 67.7 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 59.9 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 37.5 images/s
HTML 5 - 3.96 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 1060 Mnodes/s

3DMark

33%
SD 870
40%
SD 888
Score: 5126

Stability 90% 91%
Graphics test 25 FPS 30 FPS
Score 4258 5126

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

92%
SD 870
82%
SD 888
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 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 7 5
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 645 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 512 512
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops 1720 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon 780
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, 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 888
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Snapdragon 888
7500
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Snapdragon 888
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Snapdragon 888
3000
Modem X55 X60
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date January 2021 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM8350
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 888 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 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
73%
GPU
60%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

53.75


Review By TenzysTech

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