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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 870

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 870

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 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

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 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Performs 79% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 870
  • Shows significantly better (up to 41%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1420K vs 1010K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~34%)
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 870

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 537485 378231
GPU 241551 155526
Memory 254727 174975
UX 387045 301337
Total score 1420808 1010069
Samples [116 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 190.8 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 80 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 12 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 34 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 5.01 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.4 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 666.6 FPS 650.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 39 tests 18 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 -
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 1224
Stability 44% 99%
Graphics test 16 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12737 11701
Video editing score 7462 5825
Data manipulation score 12439 9987
Photo editing score 32017 28690
Writing score 16257 15274
Phones tested 5 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]		 27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 102 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 107 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 49 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro
1080 x 2400		 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 8 Plus Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121667623
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Abduhakim)AnTuTu 121544080
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Gog)AnTuTu 121527301
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (XfakhR)AnTuTu 111467208
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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 8 Plus Gen 1 and Snapdragon 870

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 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 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 650
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 670 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS 1843.2 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 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 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 Snapdragon X65 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8475 SM8250-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

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