Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 860
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 860 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 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 1.35% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3000 vs 2960 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 18.52% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (800 vs 675 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 123.45% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (1,037 K vs 464 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 50.01% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (51.2 vs 34.13 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 28.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (2560 vs 2000 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 249768 | 143028 |
GPU | 448381 | 179320 |
Memory | 172528 | 69420 |
UX | 166045 | 72190 |
Total score | 1036722 | 463958 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | 142.85 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 25.25 images/s | 20.3 images/s |
Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | 44.55 words/s |
Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | 46.35 images/s |
Camera shooting | 28 images/s | 22.85 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3 Mnodes/s | 1.65 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | 777.9 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
70%
SD 8 Gen 127%
SD 860Score: 9041
Stability | 88% | 98% |
Graphics test | 54 FPS | 20 FPS |
Score | 9041 | 3455 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860Display
Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | QHD @ 60Hz |
Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR10+ |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
79%
SD 8 Gen 178%
SD 860
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2960 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.1-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | - | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 640 |
Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 675 MHz |
Execution units | 3 | 2 |
Shading units | 768 | 384 |
FLOPS | - | 1037 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4 x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 690 |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 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 | 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 20 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3072 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
Announced Date | December 2021 | April 2019 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8450 | SM8150-AC |
Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 860 official site |