Snapdragon 860 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 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.
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 8.11% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2960 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 45.19% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (980 vs 675 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 175.19% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (1,277 K vs 464 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 143028 | 270867 |
| GPU | 179320 | 567801 |
| Memory | 69420 | 239879 |
| UX | 72190 | 198202 |
| Total score | 463958 | 1276749 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 142.85 Mpixels/s | 251.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.3 images/s | 46.2 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 44.55 words/s | 122.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 46.35 images/s | 114.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 22.85 images/s | 51.7 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.65 Mnodes/s | 5.81 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 777.9 Mnodes/s | 1510 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
27%
SD 860100%
SD 8 Gen 2Score: 12967
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 81 FPS |
| Score | 3455 | 12967 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | QHD @ 60Hz | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | - | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | HDR10+ | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
86%
SD 86092%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency
| Architecture |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2960 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 7 | 4 |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Adreno 740 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 384 | - |
| FLOPS | 1037 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5x |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 4 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.13 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Yes |
| Storage type | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1 x 200 MP |
| Video capture | 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 | 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 5000 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | April 2019 | November 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | SM8550-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 860 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
47.75
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
64.75
Review By TenzysTech
