Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1411268
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
819661
CPU368941237856
GPU485676281535
Memory314911125373
UX241740174897
NanoReview Score1411268819661
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Stabilityn/a90 %
Graphics Test64 fps25 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
File Compression212.4 MB/s148.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser154 pages/s85.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.3 MP/sec113.5 MP/sec
Background Blur16.7 frames/s10.8 frames/s
Photo Processing45.7 frames/s28.3 frames/s
Image Detection117.4 frames/s72.7 frames/s
HDR156.1 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.53 MP/sec4.18 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 88 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 102 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 107 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 49 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 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)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 3200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 5.5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 732 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 950 MHz 670 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 768 768
FLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon 698

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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

Modem Snapdragon X63 5G X55
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr January, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7675-AB SM8250-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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