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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 8 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
89
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
86
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
81
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
91

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 6.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (3200 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 22.50% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (980 vs 800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 23.15% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1,277 K vs 1,037 K ).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1036722
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +24%
1276749
CPU 249768 270867
GPU 448381 567801
Memory 172528 239879
UX 166045 198202
Total score 1036722 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1221
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +22%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3589
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +45%
5198
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 122.9 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 3 Mnodes/s 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

70%
SD 8 Gen 1
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 88% -
Graphics test 54 FPS 81 FPS
Score 9041 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

87%
SD 8 Gen 1
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 4 4
Transistor count - -
TDP - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 800 MHz 980 MHz
Execution units 3 -
Shading units 768 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2560
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
10240
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
316
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3072
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date December 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 SM8550-AB
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU
65%
GPU
79%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

70.5


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
89%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

68.25


Review By TenzysTech

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