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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy

Qualcomm SD 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2022 and manufactured in 4 nm at TSMC (N4P). It integrates four different CPU clusters. A fast and big prime core based on the ARM Cortex-X3 architecture and clocked at up to 3.36 GHz for 64 bit applications. Two more ARM Cortex-A715 based performance cores clocked at up to 2.8 GHz (also only for 64 bit apps). Two more Cortex-A710 performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz that can also be used for older apps and three efficiency cores (ARM Cortex-A510 with up to 2 GHz). All cores can use the shared 8 MB level 3 cache. Compared to the normal SD 8 Gen 2, the "for Galaxy" version offers a 160 MHz higher clocked prime core.

Thanks to the new architecture and high clock rates, the SD 8 Gen 2 is the fastest mobile CPU for Android based devices and is only topped by current Apple SoCs like the Apple A16 (see benchmarks below).

The chip also integrates a Hexagon accelerator for AI workloads (tensor, scalar and vector). Qualcomm states that its one of the first chips with INT4 support and up to 4.35x performance compared to the previous generation. 

The 18-Bit-Spectra ISP is able to process photos with up to 200 MP and work with videos up to 8k30 (including 10-bit, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision).

A big improvement of the Snapdragon 8 G2 is the integrated Adreno 740 GPU, that now supports Hardware Raytracing and tops even the iGPU in the Apple A16.

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 X70 5G modem is also new as is the FastConnect 7800 modem with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.

SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo)

Series: Snapdragon Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy « 2 - 3.36 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 compare2 - 3.2 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock Rate2000 - 3360 MHz
Level 3 Cache8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Manufacturing Technology4 nm
FeaturesAdreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller
GPUQualcomm Adreno 740
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM v9
Announcement Date11/16/2022
Product Link (external)Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 1958     avg: 1968     median: 1971 (69%)     max: 1976 points
Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 5043     avg: 5130     median: 5126 (30%)     max: 5221 points
Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1549     avg: 1556     median: 1556 (67%)     max: 1563 points
58 -96%
...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
1224 -21%
1231 -21%
1267 -19%
1274 -18%
1333 -14%
1384 -11%
1392 -11%
1457 -6%
1549 0%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
1556
1723 11%
1729 11%
1882 21%
1912 23%
0%
100%
Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4906     avg: 4987     median: 4974 (17%)     max: 5082 points
248 -95%
...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
3970 -20%
4019 -19%
4164 -17%
4187 -16%
4232 -15%
4607 -8%
4620 -7%
4710 -6%
4755 -5%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
4987
5001 0%
5468 10%
7501 50%
8784 76%
0%
100%
Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 8370     avg: 8397     median: 8397 (87%)     max: 8424 points
Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 21209     avg: 21224     median: 21223.5 (24%)     max: 21238 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6882     avg: 6950     median: 6949.5 (99%)     max: 7017 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19260     avg: 19271     median: 19270.5 (47%)     max: 19281 points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 685     avg: 695     median: 699 (1%)     max: 701.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 59214     avg: 59850     median: 59913 (57%)     max: 60423 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 1134680     avg: 1190530     median: 1210670 (85%)     max: 1226220 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 257951     avg: 259829     median: 259515 (86%)     max: 262020 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.4 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 6.19     avg: 6.5     median: 6.6 (3%)     max: 6.7 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0.699     avg: 0.8     median: 0.7 (1%)     max: 0.938 Watt
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Other CPUs of the series Snapdragon

» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
   8x 2 GHz - 3.36 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
   8x 2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
   8x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.91 GHz
» Microsoft SQ1
   8x 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
   8x 2.42 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
   8x - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
   8x 2.55 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
   8x 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
   8x 2.75 GHz - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
   8x 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.02 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
   8x 1.6 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)
   8x 2.45 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
   8x 2.02 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 429
   4x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
   8x 1.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm 205
   2x 1.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
   2x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
   1x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227
   1x 0.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Apple M2
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.48 GHz
+ Apple M1
   8x 2.06 GHz - 3.22 GHz
+ Apple A16 Bionic
   6x - 2.46 GHz
+ Apple A15 Bionic
   6x - 3.23 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
   8x 2 GHz - 3.36 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
   8x 2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 9200
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3.05 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 9000+
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3.2 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 9000
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3.05 GHz
- Apple A12Z Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2023-02-17)