Overview - Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 49
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 57
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 51
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 62
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU 243697 270867
GPU 478120 567801
Memory 191931 239879
UX 184166 198202
Total score 1097914 1276749
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8.89% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (980 vs 900 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 16.29% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (1,277 K vs 1,098 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 1311
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4117
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510

3DMark

Stability 69%

Graphics test 59 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 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 HDR10+ HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2021 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 740
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 980 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1 x 200 MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

CPU
49%
GPU
51%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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