Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 845
455674
CPU315665134774
GPU426818137678
Memory19283481181
UX234257102041
NanoReview Score1169574455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stabilityn/a94 %
Graphics Test40 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression154.9 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2800
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 630
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 512
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 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 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1200 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

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 SDM845

Results

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

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