Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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: 3200 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (December 2018 vs November 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2018
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8150
Model Name
SM8550-AB
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 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Adreno 640
GPU name
Adreno 740
585 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
384
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

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
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 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, UFS 4.0
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
6 W
TDP
6.3 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 2
1993 +112%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
2855
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328 +87%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
518
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528 +2%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
1830 +4%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 855
916
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411 +272%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 855
603872
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709 +157%