Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  7 7

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 650 Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.67 GHz 0.67 GHz
• Execution units
  2 2
• Shader
  512 512
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  6 6
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q4/2019

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kryo 585 Kryo 585
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2021
• Part Number
  SM8250-AB SM8250-AC