Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Flagship

Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 leads the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 by 16% on AnTuTu v11 (13.20 Lakhs vs 11.35 Lakhs) and is 37% faster in Geekbench single-core and 19% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 4: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 leads

11% higher peak CPU clock

3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
3.7x more GPU compute power

1675 GFLOPS vs 458.2 GFLOPS
16% higher AnTuTu v11 score

13.20 Lakhs vs 11.35 Lakhs
19% faster in Geekbench multi-core

4,134 vs 3,481
37% faster in Geekbench single-core

1,704 vs 1,243

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+16% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 13,20,406

Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 11,35,457

Geekbench Single-Core

+37% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1,704

Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 1,243

Geekbench Multi-Core

+19% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4,134

Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 3,481

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: December 2021; August 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8450; SM7635-AC

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510; 1x 2.7GHz - Cortex A720
3x 2.4GHz - Cortex A720
4x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency: 3000 MHz; 2700 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: Samsung; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; -
L3 Cache: 6 MB; -
TDP: 5.3 W; -

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 730; Adreno 810
GPU Frequency: 818 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 256
FLOPS: 1675 GFLOPS; 458.2 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: No; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 3200 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 2x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 3.1; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 200MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9; H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X65 5G; Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 2.5 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.67 Gbps; 1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 6; 6E
Bluetooth: 5.3; 5.4
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC; GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo