Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
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 8 Gen 1
1169574
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
252006
CPU31566589180
GPU42681836992
Memory19283456965
UX23425768869
NanoReview Score1169574252006
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
373
Stabilityn/a96 %
Graphics Test40 fps2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
342
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
1232
File Compression154.9 MB/s71.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s41.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s1.89 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s10.2 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s13.6 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec46.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec1.97 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4/2.2 (Kryo 260 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.84 (Kryo 260 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2200
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 1.75 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 512
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 647 MHz
Execution Units 2 1
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 128
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 165.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr May, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8450 SM6115

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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