Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Launch Date
June 2021
November 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Model Name
SM8350-AC
SM8550-AB
Architecture
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2995 MHz
3200 MHz
Transistor count
10.3
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Adreno 660
Adreno 740
GPU frequency
905 MHz
680 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.8534 TFLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
2
Shading units
512
1280
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
DirectX version
12.1
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
1 MB
1 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780
Hexagon
TDP
8 W
6.3 W

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2995 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (June 2021 vs November 2022)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+62% 1993
Multi Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+41% 5328

AnTuTu 10

Snapdragon 888 Plus
845159
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+82% 1535202

FP32 (float)

Snapdragon 888 Plus
1909
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+77% 3377

SiliconCat Rating

44
Ranks 44 among all SOC on our website
22
Ranks 22 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 888 Plus
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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