The Snapdragon 870 is a slightly upgraded version of the Snapdragon 865 Plus, which itself was an overclocked Snapdragon 865.
Qualcomm announced it in early 2021 as a “refresh” rather than a completely new chip. Think of it like a final boss version of the Snapdragon 865 series.
Below, you will find Full specifications, a phone list, and various benchmarks for the Snapdragon 870.
Key Specs
- ✅ Manufacturing Process: 7nm
- ✅ CPU: Octa-core (8 cores)
- ✅ CPU Prime cores: 1 x Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) @ 3.2GHz
- ✅ CPU performance cores: 3 x Kryo 585 Gold(Cortex-A77) @ 2.42GHz
- ✅ CPU efficiency cores: 4 x Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) @ 1.8GHz
- ✅ GPU: Adreno 650
- ✅ AI: Hexagon 698
- ✅ Camera Support: Up to 200MP, 8k Video @ 30fps
- ✅ Display: Up to QHD+ @ 144Hz refresh rate
- ✅ Memory: LPDDR5 RAM
- ✅ Storage: UFS 3.1
- ✅ Connectivity: Snapdragon X55 Modem, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, USB-C 3.1
Full Specs
These are the full specifications of the Snapdragon 870
| Snapdragon 870 | |
|---|---|
| Cores | 8 |
| Prime Cores | 1 x Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
| Performance Cores | 3 x Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 x Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Threads | 8 |
| Clock Speed (Prime Core) | 3.2 GHz |
| Clock Speed (Performance Core) | 2.42 GHz |
| Clock Speed (Efficiency Core) | 1.8 GHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 Cache | 512 kb |
| L2 Cache | 1 mb |
| L3 Cache | 4 mb |
| Fabrication Process | 7nm |
| Transistors | 10.3 |
| TDP | 6 W |
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno 650 |
| GPU Clock Speed | 670 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 |
| Shading Units | 384 |
| Shader | 768 |
| FLOPS | 1029.1 Gigaflops |
| DirectX | 12.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1 |
| AI engine | Hexagon 698 |
| Memory | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz |
| Max Memory Size | 16 GB |
| Memory Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| Storage | UFS 3.1 |
| Interface | USB 3.1 |
| Modem | Snapdragon X55 |
| 5G | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 |
| Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3 Gbps |
| Max Display resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max Display Refresh Rate | 144 Hz |
| Max camera resolution | 200 MP |
| Video capture | 8K @ 30fps 4K @ 60 fps |
| Video codecs | H.264 H.265 VP9 VP8 |
| Audio codecs | DAC AAC aptX aptX Adaptive aptX Lossless LDAC |
| Navigation tech | GPS GLONASS NAVIC Galileo Beidou QZSS SBAS |
| NFC Support | Yes |
| Release date | 19 January 2021 |
Benchmarks
Now that you know the basic specs, take a look at some popular benchmark standards for smartphone CPUs to find out how good the Snapdragon 870 is in performance.
Antutu 10
For the Overall performance of the chipset
- Overall – 7,80,855
- CPU – 2,26,713
- GPU – 2,15,150
- Memory – 1,44,403
- UX – 1,94,589
Geekbench 6
To determine the single-core and multicore performance of the CPU individually.
- Single-core – 1262
- Multi-core – 3236
3DMark WildLife
For Graphical capabilities
- Overall Score – 4305
AI Benchmark
To check the AI capabilities of the smartphone chipset
- AI Score – 546
Smartphone Mobile List
If you are looking to buy a mobile or smartphone with a Snapdragon 870, here is the list of all the smartphone devices with this chipset.
- OnePlus 9R
- Realme GT Neo 2
- Realme GT Neo 3T
- Xiaomi 12X
- Xiaomi Black Shark 4
- Xiaomi Poco F3
- Xiaomi Poco F4
If we have missed any smartphones, please let us know in the comments so we can update in the list.
