Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 765G SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
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
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 765G (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 6.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 765G (800 vs 750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 765G (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 765G (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 217.25 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 765G (1037 K vs 327 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 765G.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 765G ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 113.33 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 765G ( 2560 vs 1200 Mbps).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 249768 | 103525 |
| GPU | 448381 | 93952 |
| Memory | 172528 | 65499 |
| UX | 166045 | 63810 |
| Total score | 1036722 | 326786 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 88% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Score | 9041 | 1686 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) 1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3000MHz | 2400MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Adreno 620 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 3 |
| Shading units | 768 | 192 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 384 |
| FLOPS | - | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 696 |
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 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3200 x 1800 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 192MP |
| 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 | AAC, 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 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2021 | December 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8450 | SM7250-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Snapdragon 765G official site |