Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 870
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 is a mid-range chip from Qualcomm, and the Snapdragon 870 is a flagship chip from Qualcomm. In Geekbench 6, the two chips are nearly level in multi-core (3,120 vs 3,080), but the Snapdragon 870 is 3% faster in single-core.
Benchmarks head to head
Full chipset rankingMulti-core Geekbench 6
Nearly levelSingle-core Geekbench 6
Snapdragon 870 +3%Graphics 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Higher is better. Bars are relative to the faster chip in each test. A dash means we don’t have a reliable result for that chip yet.
Key facts
Specs from the chip makers. The better result in each benchmark is highlighted.
| Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 | Snapdragon 870 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qualcomm | Qualcomm |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | Feb 2025 | — |
| Process | 4 nm TSMC | — |
| CPU | 8 cores 1× 2.3 GHz + 3× 2.2 GHz + 4× 1.8 GHz | — |
| Max CPU speed | 2.3 GHz | — |
| GPU | Adreno 810 | — |
| 5G modem | Built-in 5G | — |
| Place in our ranking | #75 of 141 (better) | #76 of 141 |
| Geekbench 6 single-core | 1,110 | 1,140 (better) |
| Geekbench 6 multi-core | 3,120 | 3,080 |
| Graphics (3DMark Steel Nomad Light) | 352 | — |
| Phones in our database | 2 phones | 1 phone |
| Best-rated phone | HONOR Magic8 Lite 7.1 | POCO F4 6.0 |
| Newest phone | Nothing Phone (4b) Jul 2026 | POCO F4 Jun 2022 |
Phones with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
2 phones in our database, best rated first.
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7.1
HONOR Magic8 Lite
6.79″ 120 Hz, 108 MP camera, 7,500 mAh
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6.0
Nothing Phone (4b)
6.77″ 120 Hz, 50 MP camera, 5,200 mAh
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Phones with the Snapdragon 870
1 phone in our database, best rated first.
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 870: FAQ
Which is faster, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 or the Snapdragon 870?
In Geekbench 6, the two chips are nearly level in multi-core (3,120 vs 3,080), but the Snapdragon 870 is 3% faster in single-core. Real-world speed also depends on how well each phone keeps the chip cool and on its software.
Which phones use the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and the Snapdragon 870?
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 powers 2 phones in our database, including the HONOR Magic8 Lite and Nothing Phone (4b). The Snapdragon 870 powers one phone in our database: the POCO F4.
Where do these benchmark scores come from?
They are reference results for each chip: the median of several Geekbench 6 runs on retail phones. The 3DMark Steel Nomad Light graphics score is the median of the results for retail phones with the chip in the official ranking of UL, the maker of 3DMark. The same chip can score a little differently from phone to phone, depending on cooling, clock speeds and software.
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