Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

Compared 2 processors: Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
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
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1299948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
212492
CPU35185585476
GPU48708025195
Memory21352047099
UX24749354722
NanoReview Score1299948212492
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
259
Stability46 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fps1 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
294
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
1083
File Compression195.5 MB/s68 MB/s
HTML5 Browser118.1 pages/s33.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering175.1 MP/sec44.2 MP/sec
Background Blur16.5 frames/s1.71 frames/s
Photo Processing34 frames/s8.66 frames/s
Image Detection117.5 frames/s11 frames/s
HDR146.3 MP/sec37.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.31 MP/sec1.82 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 47 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 1800
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 509
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 430 MHz
Execution Units 2 1
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 128
FLOPS 1843.2 GFLOPS 110.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 5.3 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 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 1900x1200 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x24 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced May, 2022 yr October, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8475 SDM636

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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