Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs Google Tensor

SoC Comparison Result

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

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (4000 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs October 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Google
October 2024
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
Model Name
S5E9845
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5 6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4000 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
-
GPU frequency
848 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
20
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
-
L2 Cache
3 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
5.6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +120%
Tensor
1319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +204%
Tensor
3234
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
621 +6%
Tensor
584
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2166 +21%
Tensor
1783
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +293%
Tensor
813782