Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 888
913477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
455674
CPU244750134774
GPU305779137678
Memory16298181181
UX199967102041
NanoReview Score913477455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stability63 %94 %
Graphics Test34 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression160.7 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 3 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Adreno 630
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 768 512
FLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 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 Hexagon 780 Hexagon 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 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 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 SDM845

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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