Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 870
819661
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU237856367514
GPU281535596874
Memory125373300073
UX174897297159
NanoReview Score8196611561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability90 %n/a
Graphics Test25 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression148.4 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

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)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
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 Hexagon 698 Hexagon

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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