Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Snapdragon 865

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650). 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
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~43%)
  • Performs 43% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 23%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 978K
  • 5% higher CPU clock speed (2995 vs 2840 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
CPU 427402 385127
GPU 237850 148169
Memory 183144 166070
UX 360388 279544
Total score 1208784 978910
Samples [5 tests] [104 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 149.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 77 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 11 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 52 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 4.53 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 567.3 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 34 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1252 1110
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 9557
Video editing score 7477 5874
Data manipulation score 10013 8658
Photo editing score 27933 29642
Writing score 14232 14782
Phones tested - 14 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 61 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 30 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340
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 888 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu 111208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu 111200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu 111156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu 111235608
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek)Geekbench 6 GPU5117
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-19 (pong)AnTuTu 121115179
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-18 (Tarakane)AnTuTu 11933558
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> FenixistarkAnTuTu 121134088
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo)AnTuTu 121111940
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (MAPKIS)AnTuTu 121102560

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Snapdragon 865

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)
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 840 MHz 587 MHz
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 256
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 901.6 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 780 Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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 X60 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced June 2021 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350-AC SM8250-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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