Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 6.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (3200 vs 3000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 12.50% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (900 vs 800 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 5.90% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1,098 K vs 1,037 K ).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 249768 | 243697 |
| GPU | 448381 | 478120 |
| Memory | 172528 | 191931 |
| UX | 166045 | 184166 |
| Total score | 1036722 | 1097914 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 25.25 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 28 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 3 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
70%
SD 8 Gen 176%
SD 8 Plus Gen 1Score: 9875
| Stability | 88% | 69% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Score | 9041 | 9875 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz | 4K @ 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 | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2021 |
CPU
79%
SD 8 Gen 185%
SD 8 Plus Gen 1
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 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 | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | - |
| Shading units | 768 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | Snapdragon X65 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 10240 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3072 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | December 2021 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8450 | - |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
54.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
46.5
Review By TenzysTech
