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

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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.
  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 Plus Gen 1
84
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
84
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
92
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
85
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
92

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

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

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1097914
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +16%
1276749
CPU 243697 270867
GPU 478120 567801
Memory 191931 239879
UX 184166 198202
Total score 1097914 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1311
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +14%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4117
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +26%
5198
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

76%
SD 8 Plus Gen 1
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 69% -
Graphics test 59 FPS 81 FPS
Score 9875 12967

Specifications

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

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

  CPU

92%
SD 8 Plus Gen 1
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency

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
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process 4 4
Transistor count - -
TDP - 10 W

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

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
10240
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
316
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date May 2022 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8550-AB
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU
65%
GPU
84%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

73


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
92%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

69


Review By TenzysTech

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