Snapdragon 888 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: Tests And Benchmarks

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We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

1. Review
2. Differences
3. Benchmarks
4. AnTuTu v10
5. GeekBench 6
6. Gaming
7. Specs
8. Comments (9)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators CPU Performance Single and multi-core processor tests Snapdragon 888 49 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 58 Gaming Performance GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan Snapdragon 888 42 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56 Battery life Efficiency of battery consumption Snapdragon 888 89 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 87 NanoReview Score Overall chip score Snapdragon 888 56 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 65

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

• Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 888
• Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
• Performs 30% better in floating-point computations
• Shows better (up to 29%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1178K vs 910K
• 6% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2840 MHz)
• Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks SoC: Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios Snapdragon 888 910441 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +29% 1178353

CPU	237547	311765
GPU	303318	436243
Memory	153265	211003
UX	216311	219342
Total score	910441	1178353
Samples	[229 tests]	[146 tests]

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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance Single-Core Score Snapdragon 888 1427 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +16% 1661 Multi-Core Score Snapdragon 888 3423 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +17% 4002

Asset compression	160.7 MB/sec	154.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser	99.4 pages/sec	112.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	125.2 Mpixels/sec	147.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection	68.5 images/sec	94 images/sec
HDR	87.1 Mpixels/sec	122 Mpixels/sec
Background blur	11.5 images/sec	13.8 images/sec
Photo processing	28 images/sec	36.3 images/sec
Ray tracing	4.77 Mpixels/sec	4.39 Mpixels/sec

Compute Score (GPU) Snapdragon 888 5373 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +31% 7057

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal) 3DMark Wild Life Performance Snapdragon 888 5824 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +15% 6718

Stability	63%	-
Graphics test	34 FPS	40 FPS
Score	5824	6718

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games

PUBG Mobile	83 FPS [Ultra]	88 FPS [Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile	60 FPS [Ultra]	60 FPS [Ultra]
Fortnite	26 FPS [Ultra]	42 FPS [Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends	89 FPS [Ultra]	89 FPS [Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz	112 FPS [Ultra]	114 FPS [Ultra]
Genshin Impact	58 FPS [Ultra]	40 FPS [Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang	60 FPS [Ultra]	-
Device	Asus Zenfone 8 1080 x 2400	Xiaomi Poco F4 GT 1080 x 2400

We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture	1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)	1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores	8	8
Frequency	2840 MHz	3000 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv9-A
L1 cache	512 KB	-
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Process	5 nanometers	4 nanometers
Transistor count	10.3 billion	-
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)	8 W	5.3 W
Manufacturing	Samsung	Samsung

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 660	Adreno 730
Architecture	Adreno 600	Adreno 700
GPU frequency	840 MHz	818 MHz
Pipelines	2	2
Shading units	512	512
Total shaders	1024	1024
FLOPS	1290.2 Gigaflops	1675.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version	1.1	1.3
OpenCL version	2.0	2.0
DirectX version	12.1	12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 780

Hexagon

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s	51.2 Gbit/s
Max size	24 GB	24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type	UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1	UFS 3.1
Max display resolution	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution	1x 200MP, 2x 25MP	1x 200MP
Video capture	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback	8K at 30FPS	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	- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

Modem	X60	Snapdragon X65
4G support	LTE Cat. 22	LTE Cat. 24
5G support	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 7500 Mbps	Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3000 Mbps	Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced	December 2020	December 2021
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	SM8350	SM8450
Official page	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose? Snapdragon 888 2449 (22.4%) Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 8495 (77.6%) Vote Total votes: 10944

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Comments

Please give your opinion on the comparison of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888, or ask any questions Don August 30, 2023 at 05:44 PM SD chip set is more better than media tek. MD flagship processor support only 30 fps and sd flagship supports 120fps for video play back and recording. +49 Reply King Miracle. August 5, 2024 at 03:30 PM Say what? Blud hasn't heard about the Dimensity 9000, 9200 and 9300 💀 +12 Reply Neko August 9, 2024 at 04:54 PM King Miracle., If I can't emulate and use custom drivers there's no point. +1 Reply King Miracle. August 20, 2024 at 12:58 PM Neko, Lol. Not everyone buys a Chipset for emulation. 0 Reply Viet Truong July 27, 2023 at 07:04 AM Regarding the S888, I've tried several models that utilize this chip, including the Mi11, 12 Pro, K50 Gaming, GT2 Pro, and Mi 11T Pro. All of them experienced heating issues, even with normal use like web browsing and Facebook. The Oppo Find X5, however, is the exception. I'm not sure how Oppo optimized the S888 within the Find X5, but the battery life can last up to 9 hours SOT with normal use (not including gaming). +71 Reply Emre February 28, 2023 at 07:24 PM SD 888 in Oppo Find X5 is perfectly optimized and gives me a very long battery life + great performance! I really like it. There's no need to go for a faster, rather inefficient SoC such as the SD 8 Gen1. I have used the SD 8 Gen1 in a Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro and it was the worst experience I've ever had with a smartphone. +121 Reply Daine Quitco July 6, 2023 at 04:42 PM When you saw that the TDP of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is only 5.3 Watts compared to the TDP of Snapdragon 888, which is 8 Watts. +69 Reply Emre July 14, 2023 at 06:01 PM Daine Quitco, That's probably related to throttling. This chip is even worse than the SD 888, which is also hot. I'm gonna deal with it tho as long as the device doesn't die on me. +16 Reply Viet Truong. July 26, 2023 at 10:39 AM Totally agree, S888 in Find X5 is the best one optimized. It's as cool as the S865 in others. I have been used Mi11, K50 Gaming, Mi 12 pro, Mi10s, Find X6, Find X5. +18 Reply hamza October 23, 2024 at 02:19 PM I have oppo find x5, is expansing ram harmfull? 0 Reply Sara December 4, 2022 at 09:19 AM Snapdragon 888+ is 5 nm but Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is 4 nm. You provided the wrong information. +136 Reply Haha January 19, 2023 at 04:40 PM No🤦 4nm is better than 5nm it's correct. +64 Reply Expert May 5, 2023 at 05:12 AM Haha, Actually not 4. Like marketing. 4 like 5 nm. Because 4 and 3 nm it's 5 nm. +12 Reply ²tired June 1, 2022 at 02:21 PM People boasting apple or android better like they invented it. Dood fking chill, options are there let them have what they want. +67 Reply disMobetta June 21, 2022 at 09:33 PM Apple can't boast about greatness any longer. Everyone has the same tech now. Just diff variations and the further we go the fine differences will settle out easily. Soon everyone will have processors that use +/- nothing to run them. Shove that into your macintosh +29 Reply Mat August 15, 2022 at 11:51 PM disMobetta, Sadly that's not really true. The M1 and M2 Apple processors are significantly better than anything with the ARM architecture you can get from any other manufacturer. +13 Reply justaFool February 3, 2023 at 12:44 AM Mat, I agree man! Desktop/laptop CPUs blow cellphone CPUs out of the water. People have got to be fools to use anything other than a desktop. +4 Reply yourafool May 8, 2023 at 12:19 PM justaFool, Snapdragon 860 is equipped with a GTX 1050. 8 Gen 2 should be around 2070 or something so you don't know what you're talking about. And how the hell can anyone carry a desktop everywhere they go 🤣 +10 Reply hmmmm January 29, 2024 at 08:26 AM justaFool, I mean, I could simply put an i9 14900kf into a tablet and it would instantly become the most powerful tablet on the planet. However, it would probably explode three seconds after booting due to the limited cooling capabilities of a tablet. If we're not concerned with striking a balance between heat management and portability, then we're all complete fools for not lugging around a one-ton EPYC 9754 server on our backs to browse Facebook and watch YouTube every day. +3 Reply Scamsung May 8, 2022 at 07:07 PM 888 had poor battery life/consumption and the sd 8 gen 1 managed to be even worse... android is a joke LMFAO. +228 Reply Piticli August 16, 2022 at 07:04 AM The chip was made by Samsung that'd why lol The plus version is so much better. +63 Reply Joe February 15, 2022 at 02:38 PM Better security for the new modem on the snapdragon gen 1 +32 Reply Dallen December 18, 2021 at 03:19 AM This could be the first processor to hit 1 million because OnePlus has highly optimized oxygen os and the OnePlus 10 pro should launch in January and the 8 gen 1 is confirmed. +25 Reply Wews December 22, 2021 at 06:37 AM Pretty sure Dimensity 9000 was the first to hit 1m. +40 Reply Rudra March 24, 2022 at 06:01 PM Wews, 1 million has been already achieved by sd gen 1. e.g - Iqoo 9 pro, Xiaomi 12,ect +3 Reply Himanshu January 19, 2023 at 02:21 PM Wews, No, MediaTek Dimensity 9000 is a 4nm manufactured processor. 0 Reply Ivy December 12, 2021 at 09:34 AM Can't wait to see the big battle between Dimensity 9000 vs SD 8 Gen 1 vs A15 Bionic. XD. The big boys. +30 Reply Pup December 18, 2021 at 02:35 AM A15 is better but 9000 will be the best chipset of this year. 8 gen 1 seems to have GPU upgrade only. +42 Reply lou December 27, 2021 at 04:49 PM Pup, True that. Mediatek has improved so much. It's always nice seeing heavy competition. +12 Reply Anynms January 8, 2022 at 04:46 PM The android processors don't even come close to Apple processors. LOL +47 Reply Chuckles January 9, 2022 at 11:40 PM Anynms, This isn't 2016 anymore the apple is not the faster phone... apple geek bench did not beat that score liar +28 Reply Droid January 18, 2022 at 09:52 AM Anynms, You can't compare the two. Apple's processors only process a fixed number of commands and tasks since the iOS isn't versatile and the software is light. While Android chips deal with more random and spontaneous stuff. Use the apple chipset and run Linux Android on it and then compare. iPhone is only fast because of the software and the software is fast because they don't allow users to change anything. Compare only when the platforms are the same. +102 Reply Amo March 16, 2022 at 11:52 AM Droid, Gaming and graphical performance are comparable and apple wins in that. The fixed amount of commands are OS-related and they are nothing to make the benchmark scores higher. Android fanboys say anything these days to make apple performance seem less but the thing is Android chips still suck. Both in performance and efficiency. They are also hotter. Snapdragon is a real dragon inside when it throws fire at your hand while doing medium to heavy tasks ;D and Exynos can't even reach the last year's snapdragon. Apple has better chips. admit it... or don't. Does not make any difference. +19 Reply Shahid March 26, 2022 at 08:23 PM Pup, Bro what about the A bionic 😁😁😁 Apple will launch a more powerful chipset when 9000 will be going to launch.😎😎😎 +8 Reply iMmature March 29, 2022 at 03:01 AM Anynms, I guess my name suits you perfectly. Everything has its pros and cons and comes at a price. Not everyone wants to pay the top bill for something. Just be happy with what you have and be civil instead. +16 Reply Unlocked Brush May 2, 2022 at 04:29 AM Amo, Bruh sd 8 gen 1 is faster for the case where it was placed in ipone just as optimized as a15 it wud have been faster now don't say "OPTIMIZATION DOESNT MATTER IN BENCHMARK" what I say is androids aren't as optimized as iphone cuz there are a large variety of android with the different chipset to be taken care of apple has jus a15 in the latest release so they jus have 1 to optimize. +5 Reply Shonen May 7, 2022 at 10:03 PM Anynms, In terms of CPU performance, MediaTek's dimensity 9000 has a higher multi-core performance than apple's a14 bionic and is even close to the a15 bionic. On the other hand, the GPU performance isn't far off and so is the sd8 gen 1's so don't talk about what you don't know. Not to mention that Apple has vertical integration of their hardware and software which makes it possible to write faster application code that supports only their platform while android is using legacy hardware and software to support a variety of devices which brings about slower performance. +6 Reply Lan June 27, 2022 at 11:47 PM Amo, Here's the sample of optimization... If android use 1.8ghz while playing Genshin impact. Ios uses 2.8ghs in the same scenario... Android likely will have Framedrops on Hard Battles until the Clock speed of the android device slowly went up. While Ios maintains its clock speed higher than the amount needed., Which makes the game smoother. If you know android Well more than a Lot of Normal users. Then you can control Your Cpu and Gpu performance using root. Android chipsets are more powerful! But The System itself takes it as Less powerful for the reason of preserving the battery and Minimizing heat... iPhone CPU is much Faster. But android has a faster GPU... Which is Un-optimized. +8 Reply leathan July 30, 2022 at 09:29 PM Lan, Why are people comparing iOS and android chipsets? Especially when it comes to flagships you do not even gain access to root on iPhones as easily, in fact, orders of magnitude harder... This is ultimately the reason why iOS is not versatile you literally cannot change the settings and forcing root is again orders of magnitude harder. Your iphone is in jail, not sure why you forgot that. +27 Reply Name Message Send Send Comparisons

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