Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Flagship

Upper Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 2.2x higher than the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 on AnTuTu v11 (28.39 Lakhs vs 13.01 Lakhs) and is 3x faster in Geekbench single-core and 3.3x in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2.

Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Elite leads

48% higher peak CPU clock

4.32 GHz vs 2.91 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
Smaller process node

3 nm vs 4 nm
2.8x more GPU compute power

3379.2 GFLOPS vs 1187 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
66% faster RAM

5300 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1
2.2x higher AnTuTu v11 score

28.39 Lakhs vs 13.01 Lakhs
3.3x faster in Geekbench multi-core

9,584 vs 2,933
3x faster in Geekbench single-core

3,312 vs 1,109

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2.2x faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite 28,39,439

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 13,01,013

Geekbench Single-Core

3x faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite 3,312

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 1,109

Geekbench Multi-Core

3.3x faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite 9,584

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 2,933

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Elite Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Overview

Launch Date: October 2024; March 2023
Chipset Class: Flagship; Upper Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8750-AB, SM8750-AC; SM7475-AB

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 2x 4.32 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix L)
6x 3.53 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix M); 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex X2
3x 2.49 GHz - Cortex A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510
Max Frequency: 4320 MHz; 2910 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 3 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 12 MB; 2 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 8 W; 6 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 830; Adreno 725
GPU Frequency: 1100 MHz; 580 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 512
FLOPS: 3379.2 GFLOPS; 1187 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3; Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: Up to 5300 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 2x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 84.8 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 1080p at 480FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; QHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, aptX; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X80 5G; Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 4.4 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.3
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC