Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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 Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2022 (January 2021 vs May 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2021
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
SM8250-AC
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Adreno 730
670 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.3721 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
5.2
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 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 3.1
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, 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 Plus Gen 1
1665 +45%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 870
3336
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202 +26%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 870
794278
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340 +48%