Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU244750367514
GPU305779596874
Memory162981300073
UX199967297159
NanoReview Score9134771561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability63 %n/a
Graphics Test34 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression160.7 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

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)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1290.2 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 780 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 67.2 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
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 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 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 SM8550-AB

Results

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

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6 (25%)
18 (75%)
Total Votes: 24

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