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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G

Qualcomm SD 870

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform (SM8250-AC) is a high-end smartphone and tablet SoC that Qualcomm announced in mid 2021. The SoC integrates a fast ‘Prime Core’ that clocks up to 3.2 GHz and three additional ARM Cortex-A77 performance cores, which can reach up to 2.42 GHz. These are complemented by four power-saving ARM Cortex-A55 cores that clock up to a maximum of 1.8 GHz. Compared to the similar and older Snapdragon 865+, the Prime Core clocks 100 MHz faster and the GPU is slightly higher clocked.

Therefore, the Snapdragon 870 is slightly faster than the old Snapdragon 865 and 865 Plus and slots in behind the high end Snapdragon 888.

The Mobile Platform integrates a Qualcomm X55 5G modem with Sub-5 and mmWave support and global 5G bands with up to 7.5 GBit/s (download) speed. The SmartConnect 6800 modem supports Wi-Fi 6 with 8x8 MU-MIMU and 60 GHz 11ay up to 10 Gbps. 

The integrated GPU is still called Adreno 650 and offers a slightly higher clock speed of 670 MHz.

The on board Hexagon 698 DSP now offers a KI performance of up to 15 TOPS (up from 7 TOPS in the 855) and still uses a combination of CPU, GPU, HVX and Tensor cores. The Spectra 480 ISP is also untouched. The integrated Computer Vision Engine (CV-ISP) now supports Dolby Vision, 8K videos and 200 megapixel photos.

The built-in memory controller supports LPDDR5 with up to 2,750 MHz and LPDDR4X with 2,133 MHz.

The SoC is manufactured in the modern and power efficient 7nm process.

SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A77 / A55 (Kryo 585)

Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A77 / A55 (Kryo 585)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G « 2.42 - 3.2 GHz8 / 8 cores7 MB L3 Cortex-A77 / A55 (Kryo 585)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus) compare2.42 - 3.1 GHz8 / 8 cores4 MB L3 Cortex-A77 / A55 (Kryo 585)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 compare2.42 - 2.84 GHz8 / 8 cores4 MB L3 Cortex-A77 / A55 (Kryo 585)
Clock Rate2420 - 3200 MHz
Level 2 Cache1.8 MB
Level 3 Cache7 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)5 Watt
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesAdreno 650 GPU, Spectra 480 ISP, LPDDR5 2750 MHz / LPDDR4X 2133 MHz Memory Controller
GPUQualcomm Adreno 650 ( - 670 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date12/04/2019
Product Link (external)www.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU
min: 1.142     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (88%)     max: 1.3 pt
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 943     avg: 989     median: 992.5 (39%)     max: 1046 points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2725     avg: 3245     median: 3188 (6%)     max: 4455 points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1055     avg: 1401     median: 1447 (2%)     max: 1792.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 20543     avg: 33246     median: 33694 (29%)     max: 41256 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 94     avg: 127.5     median: 127 (26%)     max: 155 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 15422     avg: 174189     median: 188015 (52%)     max: 196952 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 9827     avg: 12937     median: 13127 (54%)     max: 16054 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 4.07     avg: 6.2     median: 5.4 (2%)     max: 10.2 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0.875     avg: 1.8     median: 1.4 (2%)     max: 3.37 Watt
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