Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 750G SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and 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 36.36% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 750G (3000 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 750G (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 750G (4 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 215.08 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 750G (1037 K vs 329 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 750G.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 750G ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 113.33 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 750G ( 2560 vs 1200 Mbps).
Pros of Snapdragon 750G
  • Snapdragon 750G 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.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 115426
GPU 448381 77754
Memory 172528 66679
UX 166045 69173
Total score 1036722 329032

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 3 FPS
Score 9041 639

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 2.2 GHz – Kryo 570 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 570 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache - 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 512 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz 825 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 768 128
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 694

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 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2220 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 192MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 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 X52
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2020
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number SM8450 SM7225
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 750G official site