Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2021 (December 2018 vs December 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2018
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8150
Model Name
SM8450
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Adreno 640
GPU name
Adreno 730
585 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
384
Shading units
768
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

Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
939
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664 +77%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
2855
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030 +41%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
518
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623 +20%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
1830
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142 +17%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 855
916
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462 +169%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 855
603872
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529 +82%