Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 2
1561620
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
455674
CPU367514134774
GPU596874137678
Memory30007381181
UX297159102041
NanoReview Score1561620455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stabilityn/a94 %
Graphics Test77 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression210 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser153.9 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering153.3 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur17.1 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing51.9 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection128.6 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR159.7 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.92 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 90 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 56 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 118 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2800
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 16 billion 3 billion
Power (TDP) 8.5 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 740 Adreno 630
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1536 512
FLOPS 2089 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 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 4.0
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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 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 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced November, 2022 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8550-AB SDM845

Results

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

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