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Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (7)

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
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 3000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Performs 63% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 870
  • Shows better (up to 28%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1294K vs 1010K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~22%)
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 870
1010069
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +28%
1294871
CPU 378231 490530
GPU 155526 202615
Memory 174975 221583
UX 301337 380143
Total score 1010069 1294871
Samples [102 tests] [90 tests]
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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 151.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.7 pages/sec 104.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 116.8 Mpixels/sec 124.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 80 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
HDR 108 Mpixels/sec 119.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Photo processing 33.5 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.41 Mpixels/sec 4.49 Mpixels/sec
Samples 34 tests 54 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 9.81 images/sec
Face detection 2.04 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.3 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 650.5 FPS 1079.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 18 tests 30 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 729
Graphics test - 5 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1224 2255
Stability 99% 63%
Graphics test 7 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11701 13237
Video editing score 5825 7311
Data manipulation score 9987 10976
Photo editing score 28690 27827
Writing score 15274 15631
Phones tested 2 models 16 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Ultra]		 42 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 102 FPS
[Ultra]		 89 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS
[Ultra]		 114 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 49 FPS
[Ultra]		 40 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4
1080 x 2400		 Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
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“˜ 2026-09-28 (Shiro1577)AnTuTu 121179210
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (sayato)AnTuTu 121239133
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 -> AzuNoBelAnTuTu 121251812
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Ambarukmo_id)AnTuTu 121182612
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 -> sbx.777AnTuTu 121143560
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (W1zex)AnTuTu 121416723
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Boeing)Geekbench 6 CPU1712 / 4287
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121537645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU914 / 3141
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (mirtasd)AnTuTu 11941860
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 730
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 670 MHz 818 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 1029.1 Gigaflops 1675.3 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 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 Snapdragon X65
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 December 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-AC SM8450
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Comments

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Gabriel March 23, 2026 at 09:48 PM
8 gen 1 is trash 865,870 and 888 are better
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Trabik June 6, 2026 at 01:22 AM
Son 😭πŸ₯€, You're completely wrong, my Realme GT2 Pro is better than all phones with an 888.
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Stability January 12, 2024 at 04:45 AM
The stability gives the 870 the advantage, powerful cpu is useless against instability (60%😬) and heating even on short hard games.
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Heating March 27, 2022 at 06:47 AM
Why are there no temp reading after gaming
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Messier83 April 2, 2022 at 11:16 AM
Since Snapdragon888... Qualcomm was forced to use Samsung nodes due to TSMC 4nm Foundries are dedicated to Apple Bionic Chips... Snapdragon888 and 8gen1 heat and Throttle quickly after 30min of Heavy Gaming up to 50Β°C due to Samsung Process Nodes being too Inferior compared to TSMC. The Snapdragon870 and Earlier use TSMC process...it has an average temp of 45Β°C but that was hours of Gaming lol.
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DJ81 June 18, 2022 at 07:58 PM
Messier83, That’s why you need a phone with active cooling so performance doesn’t drop and stability is just as good as 870, like with the red magic 7pro.
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KHALLED December 30, 2023 at 04:11 AM
DJ81, A phone cooler doesn't actually cool the phone down to its normal temperature. For instance, if the phone is around 43 degrees Celsius and you attach a phone cooler, the temperature will merely maintain at 43 degrees Celsius; it won't go below or above this.
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