Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs January 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5 6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
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)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 650
-
GPU frequency
670 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5
-
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +152%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +195%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +302%
Snapdragon 870
794278