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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Qualcomm SD 8 Gen 1

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2021 and manufactured in 4 nm at Samsung. Integrates one “Prime Core” based on a ARM Cortex-X2 architecture clocked at up to 3 GHz. Three more performance cores are based on the Cortex-A710 but clocked up to 2.5 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A510 architecture and clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. All cores can use the shared 6 MB level 3 cache.

Compared to the Snapdragon 888 (Plus), the CPU part gains 20% performance and 30% power savings according to Qualcomm. This means that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is the fastest CPU for Android based smartphones and should be positioned between the Apple A13 and A14 CPU.

The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.

The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.

The integrated Snapdragon X65 5G modem is also new and offers faster transfer rates (up to 10 Gbps download and 3 Gbps upload). The FastConnect 6900 offers support for the current Wifi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2.

SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-X2 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) Waipio

Series: Snapdragon Cortex-X2 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) Waipio

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 compare1.8 - 3.2 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 « 1.8 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock Rate1800 - 2995 MHz
Level 3 Cache6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Manufacturing Technology4 nm
FeaturesAdreno 730 GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X65 5G Modem, FastConnect 6900 WiFi, LPDDR5-6400 Memory Controller
GPUQualcomm Adreno 730
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM v9
Announcement Date11/30/2021

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2283     avg: 3965     median: 4021 (50%)     max: 4771 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2237     avg: 3942     median: 3981 (57%)     max: 4811 Points
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Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1181     avg: 1231     median: 1236 (53%)     max: 1298 points
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Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3269     avg: 3548     median: 3581 (12%)     max: 3839 points
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6273     avg: 6608     median: 6668 (69%)     max: 6984 points
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 14289     avg: 15053     median: 15021 (17%)     max: 15948 points
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5038 points (72%)
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
13465 points (33%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
7296 points (11%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3017 points (45%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
4412 Points (36%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
8709 Points (79%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
12775 Points (25%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5715 Points (12%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
8654 Points (23%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 813.5     avg: 1010     median: 897.3 (1%)     max: 1440.1 ms
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
302.5 ms (3%)
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 27730     avg: 42391     median: 45945 (44%)     max: 50626 Points
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 68     avg: 93     median: 92.5 (28%)     max: 119 Points
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 79     avg: 142.9     median: 151 (35%)     max: 193 Points
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 692924     avg: 928953     median: 942409 (67%)     max: 1041980 Points
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 139498     avg: 206243     median: 215921 (72%)     max: 237230 Points
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 19708     avg: 28786     median: 28658.5 (55%)     max: 36721 Points
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 10140     avg: 13216     median: 13611 (48%)     max: 17025 Points
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 11351     avg: 11629     median: 11628.5 (76%)     max: 11906 Points
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 749     avg: 993     median: 996 (38%)     max: 1169 Points
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Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.4 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 5.27     avg: 6.8     median: 6.7 (3%)     max: 9.1 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0     avg: 1.5     median: 1.4 (2%)     max: 3.42 Watt
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