Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoCs, designed by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 7.13 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (644 K vs 601 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 supports 71.88 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 ( 44 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 45.74 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 940 vs 645 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has 42.86 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 ( 4 vs 7 nm).

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 179347 149371
GPU 270188 232144
Memory 98761 105312
UX 95818 114446
Total score 644114 601273

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 90% 99%
Graphics test 25 FPS 18 FPS
Score 4258 2677

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

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)
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1950MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 710
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 645 MHz 940 MHz
Pipelines 2 -
Shading units 512 -
Total shaders 1024 -
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
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 X55 Snapdragon X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G 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, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM7435-AB
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site