Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 2
1561620
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU367514679852
GPU5968741283493
Memory300073646515
UX297159505422
NanoReview Score15616203115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Graphics Test77 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression210 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser153.9 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering153.3 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur17.1 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing51.9 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection128.6 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR159.7 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.92 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 90 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 118 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 4600
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8.5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 740 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency 680 MHz n/a
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 512 n/a
Total shader 1536 n/a
FLOPS 2089 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2022 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8550-AB SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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