Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  8 8
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.84 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.40 GHz 2.42 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  1x Kryo 680 Prime 1x Kryo 680 Prime
• B core
  3x Kryo 680 Gold 3x Kryo 680 Gold
• C core
  4x Kryo 680 Silver 4x Kryo 680 Silver

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 660 Qualcomm Adreno 660
• GPU frequency
  0.84 GHz 0.84 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Generation
  6 6
• DirectX Version
  12.1 12.1
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2021

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  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 888 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-3200 LPDDR5-3200
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 4

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kryo 680 Kryo 680
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- SM8350-AC