Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 765G

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 765G (Adreno 620). 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
  • Supports 159% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 17 GB/s)
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 69%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1010K vs 597K
  • 33% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2400 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
  • Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

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 225992
GPU 155526 68730
Memory 174975 118245
UX 301337 185007
Total score 1010069 597974
Samples [102 tests] [11 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 87.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.7 pages/sec 46.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 116.8 Mpixels/sec 61.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 80 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
HDR 108 Mpixels/sec 55.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12 images/sec 5.41 images/sec
Photo processing 33.5 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.41 Mpixels/sec 2.58 Mpixels/sec
Samples 34 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 1.85 images/sec
Face detection 2.04 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.3 Gpixels/sec 3.33 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 650.5 FPS 206.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 18 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1224 446
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11701 6739
Video editing score 5825 5699
Data manipulation score 9987 7976
Photo editing score 28690 19870
Writing score 15274 11348
Phones tested 2 models Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]
57 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]
38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Ultra]
29 FPS
[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends 102 FPS
[Ultra]
67 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 49 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
55 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4
1080 x 2400
Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
1080 x 2400
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Peanut)AnTuTu 121132636
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (ex4ample)AnTuTu 121079226
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (RanVerchst.)AnTuTu 121213647
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Shiro1577)AnTuTu 121179210
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (sayato)AnTuTu 121239133
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Gruk)AnTuTu 11641913
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Guitar91)AnTuTu 11622520
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (mxrcovx13)AnTuTu 11571064
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-22 (Artreg)AnTuTu 11566323

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 765G

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)
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 620
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 670 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 192
Total shaders 768 384
FLOPS 1029.1 Gigaflops 480 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 696

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 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3200 x 1800
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K 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 X55 X52
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 December 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-AC SM7250-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G official site

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