Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
609002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU190388475806
GPU117929881311
Memory156593390065
UX143792335026
NanoReview Score6090022082208
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
3018
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Stability98 %n/a
Graphics Test18 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1012
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
2943
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compression159.9 MB/s293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser73.3 pages/s196.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec221.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.56 frames/s24.1 frames/s
Photo Processing26.5 frames/s63.9 frames/s
Image Detection56.1 frames/s154.6 frames/s
HDR96.2 MP/sec217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.33 MP/sec8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 3210
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Adreno 825
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7435-AB SM8735

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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