Overview - Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 34
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 26
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 49
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
CPU 177123 131871
GPU 162367 163570
Memory 101455 114048
UX 120496 94884
Total score 561441 504373
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 9.09% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (2400 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 11.31% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (561 K vs 504 K).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2.

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 59.17% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (955 vs 600 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 812
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 3081
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 17 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3360 x 1600 1200 x 2520
  • Max External Display QHD @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
    3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 3 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 5 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 662 Adreno 613
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 600 MHz 955 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 384 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1600 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X62 Snapdragon X61
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

CPU
34%
GPU
26%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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