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Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 888
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 888
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730). 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 (43)

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 1
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 888
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • Performs 30% better in floating-point computations
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2840 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1294K vs 1135K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 888
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 888
1135878
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +14%
1294871
CPU 406119 490530
GPU 233383 202615
Memory 188085 221583
UX 308291 380143
Total score 1135878 1294871
Samples [127 tests] [90 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 156.9 MB/sec 151.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 104.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 104.6 Mpixels/sec 124.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.9 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
HDR 104.7 Mpixels/sec 119.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.1 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 4.49 Mpixels/sec
Samples 49 tests 54 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 7.75 images/sec 9.81 images/sec
Face detection 3.37 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 13.1 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 851.2 FPS 1079.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 30 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 505 729
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 4 FPS 5 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1508 2255
Stability 91% 63%
Graphics test 9 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12232 13237
Video editing score 7638 7311
Data manipulation score 10494 10976
Photo editing score 29866 27827
Writing score 15219 15631
Phones tested 11 models 16 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Ultra]		 42 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 89 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS
[Ultra]		 114 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 40 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Asus Zenfone 8
1080 x 2400		 Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400
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 888
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Zha)AnTuTu 12976692
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 -> NotezitGeekbench 6 CPU1412 / 3348
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Soul)AnTuTu 111210861
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (TSN_Hasan)Geekbench 7 CPU1167 / 3069
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Tema)CPU Throttle86%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11)AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Cisfan)AnTuTu 121342308
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 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 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5.3 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 730
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 840 MHz 818 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 1675.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 Snapdragon X65
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 December 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350 SM8450
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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So, which SoC would you choose?
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Total votes: 11377

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Comments

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Gabriel July 4, 2026 at 07:23 PM
From my experience snapdragon 8 gen 1 is way worse chip
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Kam June 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
So the chip was so powerful 8 gen 1 and 888 heated so much
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Don August 30, 2023 at 05:44 PM
SD chip set is more better than media tek. MD flagship processor support only 30 fps and sd flagship supports 120fps for video play back and recording.
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King Miracle. August 5, 2024 at 03:30 PM
Say what? Blud hasn't heard about the Dimensity 9000, 9200 and 9300 πŸ’€
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Neko August 9, 2024 at 04:54 PM
King Miracle., If I can't emulate and use custom drivers there's no point.
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King Miracle. August 20, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Neko, Lol. Not everyone buys a Chipset for emulation.
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Max Gamer March 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
King Miracle., I Do lol! If your phone can handle high end gaming and emulations it can handle everything when it comes to performance
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Viet Truong July 27, 2023 at 07:04 AM
Regarding the S888, I've tried several models that utilize this chip, including the Mi11, 12 Pro, K50 Gaming, GT2 Pro, and Mi 11T Pro. All of them experienced heating issues, even with normal use like web browsing and Facebook. The Oppo Find X5, however, is the exception. I'm not sure how Oppo optimized the S888 within the Find X5, but the battery life can last up to 9 hours SOT with normal use (not including gaming).
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Second era January 6, 2025 at 02:45 AM
Emmmm, I have a Poco F4 GT and I don't have any heat issue even in browser? Maybe your area is just a hell
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Emre February 28, 2023 at 07:24 PM
SD 888 in Oppo Find X5 is perfectly optimized and gives me a very long battery life + great performance! I really like it. There's no need to go for a faster, rather inefficient SoC such as the SD 8 Gen1. I have used the SD 8 Gen1 in a Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro and it was the worst experience I've ever had with a smartphone.
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Daine Quitco July 6, 2023 at 04:42 PM
When you saw that the TDP of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is only 5.3 Watts compared to the TDP of Snapdragon 888, which is 8 Watts.
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Emre July 14, 2023 at 06:01 PM
Daine Quitco, That's probably related to throttling. This chip is even worse than the SD 888, which is also hot. I'm gonna deal with it tho as long as the device doesn't die on me.
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Viet Truong. July 26, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Totally agree, S888 in Find X5 is the best one optimized. It's as cool as the S865 in others. I have been used Mi11, K50 Gaming, Mi 12 pro, Mi10s, Find X6, Find X5.
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hamza October 23, 2024 at 02:19 PM
I have oppo find x5, is expansing ram harmfull?
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Sara December 4, 2022 at 09:19 AM
Snapdragon 888+ is 5 nm but Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is 4 nm. You provided the wrong information.
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Haha January 19, 2023 at 04:40 PM
No🀦 4nm is better than 5nm it's correct.
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Expert May 5, 2023 at 05:12 AM
Haha, Actually not 4. Like marketing. 4 like 5 nm. Because 4 and 3 nm it's 5 nm.
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Β²tired June 1, 2022 at 02:21 PM
People boasting apple or android better like they invented it. Dood fking chill, options are there let them have what they want.
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disMobetta June 21, 2022 at 09:33 PM
Apple can't boast about greatness any longer. Everyone has the same tech now. Just diff variations and the further we go the fine differences will settle out easily. Soon everyone will have processors that use +/- nothing to run them. Shove that into your macintosh
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Mat August 15, 2022 at 11:51 PM
disMobetta, Sadly that's not really true. The M1 and M2 Apple processors are significantly better than anything with the ARM architecture you can get from any other manufacturer.
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justaFool February 3, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Mat, I agree man! Desktop/laptop CPUs blow cellphone CPUs out of the water. People have got to be fools to use anything other than a desktop.
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yourafool May 8, 2023 at 12:19 PM
justaFool, Snapdragon 860 is equipped with a GTX 1050. 8 Gen 2 should be around 2070 or something so you don't know what you're talking about. And how the hell can anyone carry a desktop everywhere they go 🀣
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hmmmm January 29, 2024 at 08:26 AM
justaFool, I mean, I could simply put an i9 14900kf into a tablet and it would instantly become the most powerful tablet on the planet. However, it would probably explode three seconds after booting due to the limited cooling capabilities of a tablet. If we're not concerned with striking a balance between heat management and portability, then we're all complete fools for not lugging around a one-ton EPYC 9754 server on our backs to browse Facebook and watch YouTube every day.
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Scamsung May 8, 2022 at 07:07 PM
888 had poor battery life/consumption and the sd 8 gen 1 managed to be even worse... android is a joke LMFAO.
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Piticli August 16, 2022 at 07:04 AM
The chip was made by Samsung that'd why lol The plus version is so much better.
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Joe February 15, 2022 at 02:38 PM
Better security for the new modem on the snapdragon gen 1
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Dallen December 18, 2021 at 03:19 AM
This could be the first processor to hit 1 million because OnePlus has highly optimized oxygen os and the OnePlus 10 pro should launch in January and the 8 gen 1 is confirmed.
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Wews December 22, 2021 at 06:37 AM
Pretty sure Dimensity 9000 was the first to hit 1m.
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Rudra March 24, 2022 at 06:01 PM
Wews, 1 million has been already achieved by sd gen 1. e.g - Iqoo 9 pro, Xiaomi 12,ect
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Himanshu January 19, 2023 at 02:21 PM
Wews, No, MediaTek Dimensity 9000 is a 4nm manufactured processor.
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Ivy December 12, 2021 at 09:34 AM
Can't wait to see the big battle between Dimensity 9000 vs SD 8 Gen 1 vs A15 Bionic. XD. The big boys.
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Pup December 18, 2021 at 02:35 AM
A15 is better but 9000 will be the best chipset of this year. 8 gen 1 seems to have GPU upgrade only.
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lou December 27, 2021 at 04:49 PM
Pup, True that. Mediatek has improved so much. It's always nice seeing heavy competition.
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Anynms January 8, 2022 at 04:46 PM
The android processors don't even come close to Apple processors. LOL
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Chuckles January 9, 2022 at 11:40 PM
Anynms, This isn't 2016 anymore the apple is not the faster phone... apple geek bench did not beat that score liar
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Droid January 18, 2022 at 09:52 AM
Anynms, You can't compare the two. Apple's processors only process a fixed number of commands and tasks since the iOS isn't versatile and the software is light. While Android chips deal with more random and spontaneous stuff. Use the apple chipset and run Linux Android on it and then compare. iPhone is only fast because of the software and the software is fast because they don't allow users to change anything. Compare only when the platforms are the same.
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Amo March 16, 2022 at 11:52 AM
Droid, Gaming and graphical performance are comparable and apple wins in that. The fixed amount of commands are OS-related and they are nothing to make the benchmark scores higher. Android fanboys say anything these days to make apple performance seem less but the thing is Android chips still suck. Both in performance and efficiency. They are also hotter. Snapdragon is a real dragon inside when it throws fire at your hand while doing medium to heavy tasks ;D and Exynos can't even reach the last year's snapdragon. Apple has better chips. admit it... or don't. Does not make any difference.
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Shahid March 26, 2022 at 08:23 PM
Pup, Bro what about the A bionic 😁😁😁 Apple will launch a more powerful chipset when 9000 will be going to launch.😎😎😎
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iMmature March 29, 2022 at 03:01 AM
Anynms, I guess my name suits you perfectly. Everything has its pros and cons and comes at a price. Not everyone wants to pay the top bill for something. Just be happy with what you have and be civil instead.
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Unlocked Brush May 2, 2022 at 04:29 AM
Amo, Bruh sd 8 gen 1 is faster for the case where it was placed in ipone just as optimized as a15 it wud have been faster now don't say "OPTIMIZATION DOESNT MATTER IN BENCHMARK" what I say is androids aren't as optimized as iphone cuz there are a large variety of android with the different chipset to be taken care of apple has jus a15 in the latest release so they jus have 1 to optimize.
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Shonen May 7, 2022 at 10:03 PM
Anynms, In terms of CPU performance, MediaTek's dimensity 9000 has a higher multi-core performance than apple's a14 bionic and is even close to the a15 bionic. On the other hand, the GPU performance isn't far off and so is the sd8 gen 1's so don't talk about what you don't know. Not to mention that Apple has vertical integration of their hardware and software which makes it possible to write faster application code that supports only their platform while android is using legacy hardware and software to support a variety of devices which brings about slower performance.
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Lan June 27, 2022 at 11:47 PM
Amo, Here's the sample of optimization... If android use 1.8ghz while playing Genshin impact. Ios uses 2.8ghs in the same scenario... Android likely will have Framedrops on Hard Battles until the Clock speed of the android device slowly went up. While Ios maintains its clock speed higher than the amount needed., Which makes the game smoother. If you know android Well more than a Lot of Normal users. Then you can control Your Cpu and Gpu performance using root. Android chipsets are more powerful! But The System itself takes it as Less powerful for the reason of preserving the battery and Minimizing heat... iPhone CPU is much Faster. But android has a faster GPU... Which is Un-optimized.
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leathan July 30, 2022 at 09:29 PM
Lan, Why are people comparing iOS and android chipsets? Especially when it comes to flagships you do not even gain access to root on iPhones as easily, in fact, orders of magnitude harder... This is ultimately the reason why iOS is not versatile you literally cannot change the settings and forcing root is again orders of magnitude harder. Your iphone is in jail, not sure why you forgot that.
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