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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Tensor G4

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Tensor G4
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Tensor G4

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (with Adreno 740 graphics) and Google Tensor G4 (Mali-G715 MP7). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (8)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Performs 24% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 16%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1757K vs 1519K
Pros of Google Tensor G4
  • Higher GPU frequency (~38%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Tensor G4

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +16%
1757044
Tensor G4
1519937
CPU 553922 536742
GPU 434880 414930
Memory 311861 215572
UX 456381 352693
Total score 1757044 1519937
Samples [238 tests] [25 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +17%
2004
Tensor G4
1707
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +20%
5311
Tensor G4
4431
Asset compression 218.9 MB/sec 177.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.2 pages/sec 134 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.3 Mpixels/sec 157 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 133 images/sec 122 images/sec
HDR 167.2 Mpixels/sec 128.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 18.8 images/sec 15.8 images/sec
Photo processing 34.5 images/sec 39.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.78 Mpixels/sec 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Samples 132 tests 11 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 13.4 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 8.51 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.53 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.56 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 32.6 Gpixels/sec 26.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2177.4 FPS 1273.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 66 tests 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1092 1049
Stability 67% 84%
Graphics test 8 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 5312 -
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 23 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 17 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3667 -
Stability 45% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +18%
15557
Tensor G4
13174
Web score 13957 10521
Video editing score 7265 7569
Data manipulation score 14272 14718
Photo editing score 32179 21074
Writing score 17828 15880
Phones tested 9 models 4 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 90 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 118 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro
1116 x 2480		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irqAnTuTu 121959121
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> sento raitoAnTuTu 122035354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Babababi)AnTuTu 121953931
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> RennsportCPU Throttle80%
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Google Tensor G4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 -> Oleg 16 cmAnTuTu 111423579
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (feraroof43)AnTuTu 111626655
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Kazin)AnTuTu 111723964
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (123)Geekbench 6 GPU8744
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Tensor G4

CPU

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 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8.5 W -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G715 MP7
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
GPU frequency 680 MHz 940 MHz
Pipelines 3 7
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1536 896
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 1684.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 Exynos 5400c
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps -
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced November 2022 August 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB GS401 (S5P9875)
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Google Tensor G5
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
    - There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.

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sexynos January 17, 2025 at 01:37 PM
the remember back in those days like 4-5 years ago, google pixels used to come with snapdragon processors, they are well optimised. now everything is uno reverse. i hope again pixel phones come with snapdragon again...
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Snapdragon for Galaxy July 13, 2026 at 02:14 PM
That is literally never going to happen again.. Pixel is already too far gone in their delusion that they have been spitting out consistently bad processors year after year since the first generation of their colossal failure being the Google Tensor G1. They are going into their 6th generation of processors and they are still very bad
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Mark F November 10, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I actually like that Google is bringing processors for the average user at a lower price point. Reminds me of early AMD designs. Which used to be inferior to Intel. Yet with every generation they caught up a bit and finally provided much better value yet enough performance for "normal users'. I think Google has come to where ca AMD was with the K5 and K6 in the late 90's. We shall see wether this strategy - creating inexpensive processors at a low price point - proves winning again.
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Anonymous October 12, 2024 at 03:17 PM
Google should literally stop doing these shit processors
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Sickle cell anemia January 16, 2025 at 09:59 PM
Is it really that shitty?
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Chase Rowell March 13, 2025 at 01:36 PM
Sickle cell anemia, yes, Tensor chips are literally just exynos chips but somehow worse. They get hot, perform poorly, and drain more battery. The tensor G5 is said to use TSMC to manufacture their chips instead of samsung, so we'll have to see what's gonna go down in the google pixel 10 series.
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Snapdragon sensation February 16, 2026 at 07:33 AM
Sickle cell anemia, This is one of the saddest excuse for a processor
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Eblo July 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Chase Rowell, Lol, what? G4 is amazing processor for small Indian company named Google. Yeah, G1-G3 bad processes, but... At G4 no heat, no throttle and no more bugs at bugs at beta builds. After ugly G1 I will believe - 9 Pro my last try to like Tensor. But my opinion about t last try - just a mistake.
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