Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 versus Snapdragon 870 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 24.03% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (800 vs 645 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 60.95 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (1037 K vs 644 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 2.40 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 2560 vs 2500 Mbps).
Pros of Snapdragon 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 6.67 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3200 vs 3000 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 249768 | 179347 |
| GPU | 448381 | 270188 |
| Memory | 172528 | 98761 |
| UX | 166045 | 95818 |
| Total score | 1036722 | 644114 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 88% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Score | 9041 | 4258 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
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) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3000MHz | 3200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 650 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 645 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 768 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | - | 1,267 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 698 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| 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 X65 | X55 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3072 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2021 | January 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8450 | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 870 official site |