Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (Adreno 619). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Performs 2.9x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 159% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 17 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 94%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 1010K vs 521K
  • 60% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1010069
CPU 378231 229840
GPU 155526 49950
Memory 174975 101579
UX 301337 140317
Total score 1010069 521686
Samples [102 tests] [7 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 160.2 MB/sec 101.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.7 pages/sec 54.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 116.8 Mpixels/sec 79.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 80 images/sec 42 images/sec
HDR 108 Mpixels/sec 66.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12 images/sec 6.11 images/sec
Photo processing 33.5 images/sec 21.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.41 Mpixels/sec 2.84 Mpixels/sec
Samples 34 tests 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 2.15 images/sec
Face detection 2.04 images/sec 1.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.3 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 650.5 FPS 201.4 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 18 tests Less than 3

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1224 308
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11701 12259
Video editing score 5825 4529
Data manipulation score 9987 8023
Photo editing score 28690 23033
Writing score 15274 12626
Phones tested 2 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 27 FPS
[Ultra]
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Shadowgun Legends 102 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 49 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-11-11 (Jac3prst)AnTuTu 121132073
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-11-10 (Kona2_is_not_dead)CPU Throttle93%
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-11-10 -> Akzura197AnTuTu 121192374
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-11-06 (Phuc)AnTuTu 121120113
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-31 (787)AnTuTu 121085727
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-19 (RรธFรฎKรผL)AnTuTu 11584179
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-12 (Mark)AnTuTu 11403824
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-06 (Sean O)AnTuTu 11521686
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-15 (Chxp)AnTuTu 11523738
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-23 (Eddy)AnTuTu 11490749

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz โ€“ Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz โ€“ Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 670 MHz 700 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 1029.1 Gigaflops 358.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 October 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8250-AC SM4375
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5

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