Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (January 2021 vs October 2023)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2021
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AC
Model Name
SM8650-AB
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)
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Adreno 750
670 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
1.3721 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 870
1151
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +90%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 870
3336
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +112%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 870
794278
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +143%