Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 by 32% on AnTuTu v11 (23.14 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs) and is 7% faster in Geekbench single-core and 29% in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 does better: 5% higher peak CPU clock (3.36 GHz vs 3.2 GHz).

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads

5% higher peak CPU clock

3.36 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
7% more GPU compute power

2355 GFLOPS vs 2208.8 GFLOPS
14% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
32% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.14 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs
29% faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,511 vs 5,037
7% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,073 vs 1,942

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+32% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 17,56,001

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

+7% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,942

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

+29% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,037

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: November 2022; Apirl 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2; SM8735

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 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency: 3360 MHz; 3200 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 6 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 8.5 W; -

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 740; Adreno 825
GPU Frequency: 680 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 1024; 512
FLOPS: 2208.8 GFLOPS; 2355 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 4200 MHz; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 67.2 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0; UFS 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X70 5G; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 4.2 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 5.3; 6.0
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS