Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 6.84% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3200 vs 2995 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 29.65 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (1098 K vs 847 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
Pros of Snapdragon 888 Plus
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 0.56 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 905 vs 900 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 243697 216591
GPU 478120 324286
Memory 191931 138188
UX 184166 167760
Total score 1097914 846825

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 33 FPS
Score 9875 5863

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 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2995MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 905 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 512
Total shaders - 1024
FLOPS - 1853 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 780

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K 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 X60
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 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 June 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8350-AC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 888 Plus official site