Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 860
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and Snapdragon 860 (Adreno 640). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
- Announced 1-year and 10-months later
- Performs 32% better in floating-point computations
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.13 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 23%) AnTuTu 9 score – 704K vs 571K
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2960 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 191949 | 151132 |
GPU | 246158 | 205657 |
Memory | 114925 | 99765 |
UX | 150623 | 110578 |
Total score | 704092 | 571661 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 180.7 Mpixels/s | 142.1 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 25 images/s | 19.9 images/s |
Speech recognition | 55.6 words/s | 45.1 words/s |
Machine learning | 56.8 images/s | 44.8 images/s |
Camera shooting | 27 images/s | 22.6 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3.11 Mnodes/s | 1.67 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 987.3 Krows/s | 774 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 90% | 97% |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | 20 FPS |
Score | 4296 | 3456 |
Gaming
PUBG Mobile | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
58 FPS [Ultra] |
Call of Duty: Mobile | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
54 FPS [Ultra] |
Fortnite | 27 FPS [Ultra] |
26 FPS [Low] |
Shadowgun Legends | 102 FPS [Ultra] |
56 FPS [Ultra] |
World of Tanks Blitz | 107 FPS [Ultra] |
98 FPS [Ultra] |
Genshin Impact | 49 FPS [Ultra] |
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
56 FPS [Ultra] |
Device | Xiaomi Black Shark 4 1080 x 2400 |
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 860CPU
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 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2960 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.1-A |
L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
L2 cache | 512 KB | - |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 640 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 675 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 512 | 384 |
FLOPS | 1372 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon 690 |
Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 20 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
Announced | January 2021 | April 2019 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8250-AC | SM8150-AC |
Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site |
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