Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 6.84% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3200 vs 2995 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 40.31% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (905 vs 645 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (5 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 31.47% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (847 K vs 644 K ).
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
- Snapdragon 888 Plus Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 870 (51.2 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 179347 | 216591 |
GPU | 270188 | 324286 |
Memory | 98761 | 138188 |
UX | 95818 | 167760 |
Total score | 644114 | 846825 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | - |
Face detection | 25.25 images/s | - |
Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | - |
Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | - |
Camera shooting | 28 images/s | - |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
33%
SD 87045%
Snapdragon 888+Score: 5863
Stability | 90% | 99% |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | 33 FPS |
Score | 4258 | 5863 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 PlusDisplay
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 87087%
Snapdragon 888+
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 2.995 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 | 2995 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 nm | 5 nm |
Transistor count | - | 10.3 Billion |
TDP | 10 W | 8 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 660 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 905 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 512 | 512 |
FLOPS | 1,267 Gigaflops | 1853 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 2000MP, 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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
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 | June 2021 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | SM8350-AC |
Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Snapdragon 888 Plus official site |