Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs November 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2024
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5 6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 740
-
GPU frequency
680 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
1280
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +46%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +85%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
621 +18%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2166 +23%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +106%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709