Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 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 860
643690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU189310367514
GPU155621596874
Memory121534300073
UX177225297159
NanoReview Score6436901561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability97 %n/a
Graphics Test20 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression115.2 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering89.4 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur7.65 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing26.4 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection53.8 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR79.4 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.58 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Ultra) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 56 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2960 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 675 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
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 690 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2019 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8150-AC SM8550-AB

Results

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

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