Snapdragon 888 previous flagship chipset of Qualcomm. Now that place is taken by snapdragon 8 gen 1, However snapdragon 888 still remains the beast of chipset for Android smartphones. It’s a 5nm chipset with an ARMv8.4-A Instruction set and Adreno 660. It gives about 21% better Antutu scores in CPU performance and about 21% better 3D mark scores in GPU performance compared to snapdragon 865. This is still one of the most popular chipsets among Android smartphone fans.
Below, there is a full list of Snapdragon 888 smartphones, a comparison with some similar chipsets and benchmarks like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
List of Snapdragon 888 smartphones
- ASUS ROG Phone 5
- ASUS ROG Phone 5 Ultimate
- Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
- ASUS ZenFone 8
- ASUS ZenFone 8 Flip
- Black Shark 4 Pro
- Huawei P50
- Huawei P50 Pro
- Honor Magic 3
- iQOO 7 Legend
- iQOO 8
- Lenovo Legion Phone Duel 2
- Meizu 18
- Meizu 18 Pro
- Mi 11
- Mi 11 Pro
- Mi 11 Ultra
- Mi MIX Fold
- OnePlus 9
- OnePlus 9 Pro
- OnePlus 9 RT
- OPPO Find X3 Pro
- OPPO Find N
- Realme GT 5G
- Redmi K40 Pro
- Redmi K40 Pro+
- Samsung Galaxy S21
- Samsung Galaxy S21+
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
- Sony Xperia 1 III
- Sony Xperia 5 III
- Vivo X60 Pro+
- Vivo X60t Pro
- Xiaomi 11T Pro
- ZTE Axon 30 Pro 5G
- ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G
- ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6
- ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6 Pro
- ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6R
- ZTE Nubia Z30 Pro
Snapdragon 888 smartphones in India
Under Rs. 20,000
- None
Under Rs. 30,000
- Realme GT 5G
Under Rs. 40,000
- iQOO 7 Legend
- iQOO 9 SE
- Mi 11T Pro 5G
- Mi 11X Pro
- OnePlus 9
- OnePlus 9 RT
- Realme GT 5G
- Realme GT 2 5G
Under Rs. 50,000
- Asus 8z
- Asus ROG Phone 5
- OnePlus 9 Pro
Above Rs. 50,000
- Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate
- Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
- Mi 11 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
- Vivo X60 Pro+
As you can see some smartphones are not available in the Indian market, that’s why we have created two separate lists for snapdragon 888 smartphones. Out of these smartphones, Realme GT currently has the most powerful performance. It’s leading the Antutu leaderboard with an 8,34,664 points score. Realme GT With snapdragon 888 is powerful that it beats Samsung Galaxy S22 5G, which has the latest snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.
Aside from the Snapdragon 888 processor, Realme GT features 6.43 inches AMOLED display, a 64-megapixel triple camera setup with a Sony IMX682 sensor, and a 4,500mAh battery with a SuperDart 65W charger.
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Snapdragon 888 Specs comparison against other chipsets
Here is the full specification of snapdragon 8 gen 1 compared with some similar chipsets, snapdragon 888, Exynos 2200, and Dimensity 9000.
| Snapdragon 888 | Google Tensor | Snapdragon 865 | Apple A14 Bionic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | 5nm | 5nm | 7nm | |
| Cores | 8 1x 2.84 GHz Kryo 680 Prime – (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz Kryo 680 Gold – (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz Kryo 680 Silver – (Cortex-A55) | 8 2x 2.8 GHz – (Cortex-X1) 2x 2.25 GHz – (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – (Cortex-A55) | 8 1x 2.84 GHz Kryo 585 Prime – (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.52 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold – (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.82 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver Cortex-A55 | 6 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Clock speed | 2.84GHz | 2.8GHz | 2.84GHz | 3.1GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 660 | Mali-G78 MP20 | Adreno 650 | Apple Custom GPU |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 | 12 | unknown |
| Memory | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Speed | 3.2GHz | 3.2GHz | 2.75GHz | unknown |
| TDP | 10W | 10W | 10W | 6W |
| AI(NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Custom Tensor NPU | Hexagon 698 | Custom Apple NPU |
| Storage | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Modem | X60 | 5G(Name unknown) | X55 | 5G(Name unknown) |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Release | December 2020 | October 2021 | December 2019 | September 2020 |
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CPU
Snapdragon 888 has an octa-core CPU, First one is Kryo 680 Prime Cortex-X1 running at 2.84GHz. Additional three performance cores are Kryo 680 Gold Cortex-A78 at 2.42Ghz clock speed. The remaining four Kryo 680 Silver Cortex-A55 runs at 1.8GHz.
GPU
Adreno 660 is an integrated GPU in Snapdragon 888, which runs at 840MHz. It gives about 35% better graphical performance than Adreno 650.
AI
Speaking of AI, Snapdragon 888 has Hexagon 780 NPU which provides almost 4x AI performance compared to snapdragon 865+
Memory and Storage
Snapdragon 888 supports up to 24GB LPDDR5 RAM at 3200MHz memory frequency. The storage type is UFS 3.1
Multimedia
The max display resolution is 3840×2160 pixels on this chipset. It supports up to 200-megapixel resolution on a single camera and up to 84-megapixels with MFNR and ZSL features. For a dual-camera max resolution is 64-megapixel and for a triple camera, it supports up to 28-megapixel.
Connectivity
Snapdragon 8 Gen has an X60 5G modem with 2500mbps download and 316mbps upload speed. It also supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2
Snapdragon 8 gen 1 Smartphone list, Benchmarks, and Comparison
Benchmarks
AnTuTu score
- Overall: 8,34,664
- CPU: 2,12,051
- GPU: 3,21,020
- Memory: 1,41,441
- UX: 1,60,153
Geekbench 5
- Single-core: 1,128
- Multi-core: 3,705
Gaming
- Call of Duty Mobile(Ultra) – 60 fps
- PUBG Mobile(Ultra) – 76 fps
- Fortnite(Ultra) – 25 fps
- Genshin Impact(Ultra) – 52 fps
- League of Legends: Wild Rift(Ultra) – 60 fps
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang(Ultra) – 60fps
