Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 845
455674
CPU351855134774
GPU487080137678
Memory21352081181
UX247493102041
NanoReview Score1299948455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stability46 %94 %
Graphics Test45 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression195.5 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser118.1 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering175.1 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur16.5 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing34 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection117.5 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR146.3 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.31 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 89 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 47 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 114 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2800
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 630
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 512
FLOPS 1843.2 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
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 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 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 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1200 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 December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8475 SDM845

Results

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

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