Overview - Snapdragon 888 Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 888 43
Snapdragon 888 Plus 43
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 38
Snapdragon 888 Plus 39
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 82
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 54
Snapdragon 888 Plus 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU 211734 216591
GPU 306250 324286
Memory 133870 138188
UX 156641 167760
Total score 808495 846825
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 5.46% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (2995 vs 2840 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 7.74% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (905 vs 840 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 4.74% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (847 K vs 808 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 1126
Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 3681
Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704

Image compression

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Snapdragon 888 177.1
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Face detection

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Snapdragon 888 26.5
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 888 67.7
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 888 59.9
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 888 37.5
Snapdragon 888 Plus

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 888 3.96
Snapdragon 888 Plus

SQLite

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Snapdragon 888 1060
Snapdragon 888 Plus

3DMark

Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 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 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 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)
    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
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 10.3 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 660
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 840 MHz 905 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 512 512
  • FLOPS 1720 Gigaflops 1853 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 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 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 120FPS 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X60 X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

CPU
43%
GPU
38%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

CPU
43%
GPU
39%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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