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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 7 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.
  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 2
98
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
99
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
63
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
94
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
69

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 63.33% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (980 vs 600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 127.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (1,277 K vs 561 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +125%
1276749
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
561441
CPU 270867 177123
GPU 567801 162367
Memory 239879 101455
UX 198202 120496
Total score 1276749 561441

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +83%
1490
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
812
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +69%
5198
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3081
Image compression 251.3 Mpixels/s -
Face detection 46.2 images/s -
Speech recognition 122.9 words/s -
Machine learning 114.1 images/s -
Camera shooting 51.7 images/s -
HTML 5 5.81 Mnodes/s -
SQLite 1510 Mnodes/s -

3DMark

100%
SD 8 Gen 2
0%
SD 7 Gen 1
Score: 12967

Stability - -
Graphics test 81 FPS -
Score 12967 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz QHD @ 60 Hz
HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec. 2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

92%
SD 8 Gen 2
69%
SD 7 Gen 1
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 4
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Adreno 662
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 980 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units - -
Shading units - 384
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
1200
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
4400
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
210
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
N/A
Modem Snapdragon X70 X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date November 2022 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8550-AB SM7450-AB
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
65%
GPU
99%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

83


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
CPU
58%
GPU
63%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

51.75


Review By TenzysTech

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