Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs 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.
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 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 benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 270867 | 211734 |
| GPU | 567801 | 306250 |
| Memory | 239879 | 133870 |
| UX | 198202 | 156641 |
| Total score | 1276749 | 808495 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| 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 240%
SD 888Score: 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 888Display
| 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
85%
SD 8 Gen 275%
SD 888
Processor Speed (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 nm | 5 nm |
| 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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| 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
63
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
40.75
Review By TenzysTech
