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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Snapdragon 860
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 860

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 860 SoCs, created by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 8-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 1.35% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3000 vs 2960 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 18.52% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (800 vs 675 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 123.45 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (1037 K vs 464 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 50.01 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 ( 51.2 vs 34.13 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 28.00 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 860 ( 2560 vs 2000 Mbps).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Snapdragon 860

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 143028
GPU 448381 179320
Memory 172528 69420
UX 166045 72190
Total score 1036722 463958

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 20 FPS
Score 9041 3455

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 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2960MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.1-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 640
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 800 MHz 675 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 768 384
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS - 1037 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced December 2021 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 SM8150-AC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 860 official site