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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 870

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
VS
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 870

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (with Adreno 825 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.

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

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 8s Gen 4
  • Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.3x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2314K vs 1010K
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 870
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~72%)
  • Supports 75% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 44 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
Snapdragon 870

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +129%
2314417
Snapdragon 870
1010069
CPU 645495 378231
GPU 809405 155526
Memory 372805 174975
UX 486712 301337
Total score 2314417 1010069
Samples [457 tests] [102 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 293.4 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 207.8 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 152.7 images/sec 80 images/sec
HDR 216.4 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 12 images/sec
Photo processing 55.2 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 50 tests 34 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 33.5 images/sec 5.01 images/sec
Face detection 16.8 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 70.4 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2750.3 FPS 650.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 35 tests 18 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1688 -
Stability 83% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7641 -
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 34 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3705 1224
Stability - 99%
Graphics test 22 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15597 11701
Video editing score 7750 5825
Data manipulation score 13734 9987
Photo editing score 26988 28690
Writing score 17764 15274
Phones tested 8 models 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 8s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (ASHOK)AnTuTu 122346502
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (F)AnTuTu 122608514
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 (Yorik)AnTuTu 112477638
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Luis)AnTuTu 122422061
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Thai)AnTuTu 122603535
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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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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Snapdragon 870

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720		 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 3210 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 670 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS 2355.2 Gigaflops 1029.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2025 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8735 SM8250-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

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Elvaron February 28, 2026 at 05:59 AM
There's a huge difference between the Pad 6 and Pad 8.
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