Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU244750679852
GPU3057791283493
Memory162981646515
UX199967505422
NanoReview Score9134773115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Stability63 %n/a
Graphics Test34 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression160.7 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 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)
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 840 MHz n/a
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 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 780 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- 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 30FPS 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 X60 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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