Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

Review

Key Specs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 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
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1299948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU351855367514
GPU487080596874
Memory213520300073
UX247493297159
NanoReview Score12999481561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability46 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression195.5 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser118.1 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering175.1 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur16.5 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing34 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection117.5 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR146.3 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.31 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 89 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 47 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 114 FPS (Ultra) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 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 3200 3200
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 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 730 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 512 512
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 1843.2 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 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 3.1 - 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, 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 Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2022 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8475 SM8550-AB

Results

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

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