Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 888
913477
CPU315665244750
GPU426818305779
Memory192834162981
UX234257199967
NanoReview Score1169574913477
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Stabilityn/a63 %
Graphics Test40 fps34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
File Compression154.9 MB/s160.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s99.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec125.2 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s11.5 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s28 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s68.5 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec87.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec4.77 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 83 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) 26 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 89 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) 112 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2840
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 1290.2 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 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K 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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X60
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr December, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 SM8350

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