Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 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 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.00% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (900 vs 600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 95.55 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (1098 K vs 561 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 100.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 ( 51.2 vs 25.6 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 108.33 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 ( 2500 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 243697 177123
GPU 478120 162367
Memory 191931 101455
UX 184166 120496
Total score 1097914 561441

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 69% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 17 FPS
Score 9875 3089

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - 3 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 662
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 600 MHz
Pipelines - -
Shading units - 384
Total shaders - 768
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 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 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP
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, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - SM7450-AB
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site