Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Snapdragon 870

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 870 (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 (~25%)
  • Performs 25% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 1010K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2995 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1208784
1010069
CPU 427402 378231
GPU 237850 155526
Memory 183144 174975
UX 360388 301337
Total score 1208784 1010069
Samples [5 tests] [102 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 160.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 80 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 12 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 34 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 5.01 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 650.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 18 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1252 1224
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 11701
Video editing score 7477 5825
Data manipulation score 10013 9987
Photo editing score 27933 28690
Writing score 14232 15274
Phones tested - 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends - 102 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 107 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 49 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Black Shark 4
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 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (DisnaroπŸ‡§πŸ‡·)AnTuTu1029687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Forsic)AnTuTu1020372
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (fx_one_love)AnTuTu1090236
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Π―Π½)AnTuTu983640
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (DAP)AnTuTu986264

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Snapdragon 870

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 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)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 3200 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 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 840 MHz 670 MHz
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 256
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 1029.1 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 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced June 2021 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350-AC SM8250-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

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