Qualcomm recently announced Snapdragon 870, a true successor to Snapdragon 865+. Snapdragon 870 will sit in between Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 865+. Snapdragon 870 is basally a slightly improved Snapdragon 865+ with not much difference.
The primary difference is in the prime CPU core. The fastest Cortex-A77 core in Snapdragon 870 is now clocked at 3.2GHz as opposed to 3.09GHz in Snapdragon 865 Plus. All other things in Snapdragon 870 are the same as in Snapdragon 865+. That’s the reason a few people also call Snapdragon 870 as Snapdragon 865++ or Snapdragon 865+ Pro.
Here’s the side by side specs comparison of Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 865 Plus. You will see everything the same.
| Snapdragon 870 | Snapdragon 865 Plus | |
| Announced | January 2021 | July 2020 |
| Model number | SM8250-AC | SM8250-AB |
| CPU Architecture | 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) | 1x 3.1 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 | 3100 MHz |
| Process | 7nm | 7nm |
| TDP | – | 10 W |
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 650 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 670MHz | 670MHz |
| Execution units | – | 2 |
| Shading units | – | 512 |
| FLOPS | – | 1365 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon 698 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| 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 |
| Modem | X55 | X55 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
