Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 778g SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their 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 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 63.27% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (800 vs 490 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 778g (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 91.82 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 778g (1037 K vs 540 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 778g.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 100.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g ( 51.2 vs 25.6 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 113.33 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 778g ( 2560 vs 1200 Mbps).

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 161744
GPU 448381 156423
Memory 172528 90737
UX 166045 131554
Total score 1036722 540458

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% 98%
Graphics test 54 FPS 14 FPS
Score 9041 2468

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
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 642L
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz 490 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 768 384
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS - 684 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 770

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
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 X53
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
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 2900 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number SM8450 SM7325
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 778g official site