Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Launch Date
November 2022
March 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8550-AB
SM7475-AB
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
2910 MHz
Transistor count
-
10.2
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Adreno 740
Adreno 725
GPU frequency
680 MHz
580 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3360 x 1600
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
2
Shading units
1280
768
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
DirectX version
12.1
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Wi-Fi
7
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
25.6 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
1 MB
2 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Yes
TDP
6.3 W
6 W

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 25.6 Gbit/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (November 2022 vs March 2023)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+17% 1993
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+21% 5328
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419

AnTuTu 10

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+34% 1535202
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1146404

FP32 (float)

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+88% 3377
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1799

SiliconCat Rating

20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
27
Ranks 27 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

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