Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 by 75% on AnTuTu v11 (23.14 Lakhs vs 13.20 Lakhs) and is 22% faster in Geekbench single-core and 57% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

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

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

7% higher peak CPU clock

3.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
33% larger L3 cache

8 MB vs 6 MB
41% more GPU compute power

2355 GFLOPS vs 1675 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
50% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1
75% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.14 Lakhs vs 13.20 Lakhs
57% faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,511 vs 4,134
22% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,073 vs 1,704

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+75% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 13,20,406

Geekbench Single-Core

+22% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1,704

Geekbench Multi-Core

+57% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4,134

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Overview

Launch Date: Apirl 2025; December 2021
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8735; SM8450

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720; 1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
Max Frequency: 3200 MHz; 3000 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; Samsung
L2 Cache: 6 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 6 MB
TDP: -; 5.3 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 825; Adreno 730
GPU Frequency: 1150 MHz; 818 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 512
FLOPS: 2355 GFLOPS; 1675 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 51.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60 FPS; 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Max Display Resolution: WQHD+; 4K
Video Playback: 8K at 60 FPS; 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9; H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G; Snapdragon X65 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 4.2 Gbps; 10 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.3
Navigation: QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC