Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 4 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.
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 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 60.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 182.90% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1,098 K vs 388 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (51.2 vs 17 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 212.50% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2500 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 243697 | 114597 |
| GPU | 478120 | 93082 |
| Memory | 191931 | 68776 |
| UX | 184166 | 111637 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 388092 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
76%
SD 8 Plus Gen 10%
SD 4 Gen 1Score: 9875
| Stability | 69% | - |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | - |
| Score | 9875 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ | - |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec2021 | - |
CPU
92%
SD 8 Plus Gen 158%
SD 4 Gen 1
Frequency
| Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | - |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 | 6 |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 619 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | - | 4 |
| Shading units | - | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | Snapdragon X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | May 2022 | October 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | - | SM4375 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site |
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