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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 versus Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3000 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 167.13 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1037 K vs 388 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 3.13 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 825 vs 800 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 114597
GPU 448381 93082
Memory 172528 68776
UX 166045 111637
Total score 1036722 388092

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 88% 99%
Graphics test 54 FPS 6 FPS
Score 9041 1034

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510		 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2000MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A -
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz 825 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 October 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8450 SM4375
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site