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Overview - Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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 888 Plus 36
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 Plus 31
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 Plus 50
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 Plus Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 216591 635739
GPU 324286 1237734
Memory 138188 460296
UX 167760 457187
Total score 846825 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 21.55% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (1100 vs 905 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 66.66% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 Plus (5333 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 40% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 229.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (2,791 K vs 847 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 66.80% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 888 Plus (85.4 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 10.3 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 905 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 512 768
  • FLOPS 1853 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X60 Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
  • 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 888 Plus

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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