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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 888 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 888
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 888
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 888 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 888
73
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
79
Snapdragon 888
66
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
86
Snapdragon 888
82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
81
Snapdragon 888
74

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 5.63% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3000 vs 2840 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 28.23% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (1,037 K vs 808 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 2.40% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 888 (2560 vs 2500 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Snapdragon 888 has 5.00% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (840 vs 800 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 888

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +27%
1036722
Snapdragon 888
808495
CPU 249768 211734
GPU 448381 306250
Memory 172528 133870
UX 166045 156641
Total score 1036722 808495

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +8%
1221
Snapdragon 888
1126
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3589
Snapdragon 888 +3%
3681
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 177.1 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 26.5 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 67.7 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 59.9 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 37.5 images/s
HTML 5 3 Mnodes/s 3.96 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 1060 Mnodes/s

3DMark

70%
SD 8 Gen 1
40%
SD 888
Score: 9041

Stability 88% 91%
Graphics test 54 FPS 30 FPS
Score 9041 5126

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

87%
SD 8 Gen 1
82%
SD 888
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 5
Transistor count - -
TDP - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units 3 2
Shading units 768 512
FLOPS - 1720 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 780
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
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
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)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2560
Snapdragon 888
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
10240
Snapdragon 888
7500
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
316
Snapdragon 888
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3072
Snapdragon 888
3000
Modem Snapdragon X65 X60
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date December 2021 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 SM8350
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 888 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 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
73%
GPU
66%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

55.25


Review By TenzysTech

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