Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Tensor G2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Tensor G2 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. 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 8 Gen 2 57
Tensor G2 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Tensor G2 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Tensor G2 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Tensor G2 52
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Tensor G2
CPU 270867 203226
GPU 567801 298514
Memory 239879 114682
UX 198202 157662
Total score 1276749 774084
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 12.28% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (3200 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 15.29% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G2 (980 vs 850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Tensor G2 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Tensor G2 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 64.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor G2 (1,277 K vs 774 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor G2.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490
Tensor G2 1059

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198
Tensor G2 3251

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3
Tensor G2 168.3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2
Tensor G2 24.5

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9
Tensor G2 69.4

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1
Tensor G2 71.2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7
Tensor G2 31.2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81
Tensor G2 2.97

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510
Tensor G2 1010

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Stability 72%

Graphics test 38 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz Ultra HD(4K)
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+, HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 7 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G710 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency 980 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units - 7
  • Shading units - 112
  • FLOPS - 1153 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X70 Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

CPU
57%
GPU
60%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Google Tensor G2

CPU
39%
GPU
36%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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