Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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 8s Gen 4
2082208
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
963578
CPU475806266610
GPU881311304681
Memory390065174498
UX335026217789
NanoReview Score2082208963578
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
5462
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a32 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
1550
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
3887
File Compression293.2 MB/s169.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s106.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec140.4 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s14.2 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s36.2 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s87.3 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec122.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/sec4.56 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 2995
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 825 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 51.2 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 4.0 - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X60
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 SM8350-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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