Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Google Tensor

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Google Tensor (Mali-G78 MP20). 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 888 Plus
  • Performs 19% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 1010K
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (2995 vs 2800 MHz)
  • 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
1208784
1010025
CPU 427402 365546
GPU 237850 169803
Memory 183144 178763
UX 360388 295913
Total score 1208784 1010025
Samples [5 tests] [51 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 168.9 MB/sec 159.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 97.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 138.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 83.4 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 119.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 14.1 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 30.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 3.44 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 26 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 7.31 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.5 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 39.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 1368.9 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 2 tests 11 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 704
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 5 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1252 1899
Stability 97% 59%
Graphics test 7 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 7105
Video editing score 7477 5884
Data manipulation score 10013 10310
Photo editing score 27933 19072
Writing score 14232 15550
Phones tested - 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu1208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu1200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu1156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu1235608
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek)GeekBench GPU5117
Google Tensor
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (duwi)AnTuTu774697
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> Paranoid _AntostAnTuTu930801
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (nguyen van nguyen)AnTuTu990021
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mimo)AnTuTu1117985
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Hypermini)AnTuTu1015541

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Google Tensor

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5.6 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G78 MP20
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 3 20
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 1085.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Tensor Processing Unit

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 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, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 Exynos 5300b
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced June 2021 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350-AC GS101 (S5P9845)
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site Google Tensor official site
Successor - - Google Tensor G5

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