Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (December 2021 vs November 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2021
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
SM8550-AB
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
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
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Adreno 740
818 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
768
Shading units
1280
2
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
1 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.1
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, 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
5.3 W
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993 +20%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328 +32%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623 +18%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142 +22%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709 +41%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411 +39%