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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 888 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Snapdragon 888
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 888
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 2
98
Snapdragon 888
73
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
99
Snapdragon 888
76
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Snapdragon 888
82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
94
Snapdragon 888
77

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 12.68% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3200 vs 2840 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 16.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (980 vs 840 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 57.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (1,277 K vs 808 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Snapdragon 888

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +57%
1276749
Snapdragon 888
808495
CPU 270867 211734
GPU 567801 306250
Memory 239879 133870
UX 198202 156641
Total score 1276749 808495

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +32%
1490
Snapdragon 888
1126
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +41%
5198
Snapdragon 888
3681
Image compression 251.3 Mpixels/s 177.1 Mpixels/s
Face detection 46.2 images/s 26.5 images/s
Speech recognition 122.9 words/s 67.7 words/s
Machine learning 114.1 images/s 59.9 images/s
Camera shooting 51.7 images/s 37.5 images/s
HTML 5 5.81 Mnodes/s 3.96 Mnodes/s
SQLite 1510 Mnodes/s 1060 Mnodes/s

3DMark

100%
SD 8 Gen 2
40%
SD 888
Score: 12967

Stability - 91%
Graphics test 81 FPS 30 FPS
Score 12967 5126

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 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 HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec. 2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

92%
SD 8 Gen 2
82%
SD 888
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 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 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 5
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 980 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units - 2
Shading units - 512
FLOPS - 1720 Gigaflops
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 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 780
Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 2
2500
Snapdragon 888
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Snapdragon 888
7500
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
Snapdragon 888
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Snapdragon 888
3000
Modem Snapdragon X70 X60
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3000 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 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB SM8350
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site Snapdragon 888 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 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
73%
GPU
76%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

57.75


Review By TenzysTech

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