Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Snapdragon 870 SoCs, from Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 39.53% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (900 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 70.45 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (1098 K vs 644 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 243697 179347
GPU 478120 270188
Memory 191931 98761
UX 184166 95818
Total score 1097914 644114

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% 90%
Graphics test 59 FPS 25 FPS
Score 9875 4258

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 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 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 645 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 512
Total shaders - 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 2500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8250-ACSM8250-AC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 870 official site