Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Flagship

Upper Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 scores 2.2x higher than the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 on AnTuTu v11 (17.56 Lakhs vs 8.05 Lakhs) and is 81% faster in Geekbench single-core and 74% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads

40% higher peak CPU clock

3.36 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
3.2x more GPU compute power

2208.8 GFLOPS vs 680 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
31% faster RAM

4200 MHz vs 3200 MHz
2.2x higher AnTuTu v11 score

17.56 Lakhs vs 8.05 Lakhs
74% faster in Geekbench multi-core

5,037 vs 2,889
81% faster in Geekbench single-core

1,942 vs 1,074

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2.2x faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 17,56,001

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 8,04,954

Geekbench Single-Core

+81% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,942

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 1,074

Geekbench Multi-Core

+74% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,037

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 2,889

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Overview

Launch Date: November 2022; May 2022
Chipset Class: Flagship; Upper Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2; SM7450-AB

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510; 1x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2.36 GHz - Cortex A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510
Max Frequency: 3360 MHz; 2400 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; Samsung
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 3 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; -
TDP: 8.5 W; 5 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 740; Adreno 662
GPU Frequency: 680 MHz; 600 - 950 MHz
Shading Units: 1024; 384
FLOPS: 2208.8 GFLOPS; 680 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4200 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 2x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 67.2 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; QHD+
Video Playback: 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X70 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: 5.3; 5.3
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC