Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Higher GPU frequency (~33%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Performs 88% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1504K vs 898K
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (64 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Announced 1-year and 5-months later
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2995 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 211426 | 387844 |
| GPU | 300010 | 587109 |
| Memory | 169444 | 275831 |
| UX | 216962 | 252948 |
| Total score | 898295 | 1504755 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 160.6 MB/sec | 210 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 101.8 pages/sec | 153.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 127.9 Mpixels/sec | 153.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 83.3 images/sec | 128.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 115.1 Mpixels/sec | 159.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14 images/sec | 17.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 36.9 images/sec | 51.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.43 Mpixels/sec | 5.92 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 73 FPS |
| Score | 5446 | 12344 |
Gaming
| 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.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2CPU
| 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 |
| Frequency | 2995 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.3 billion | - |
| TDP | 8 W | 6.3 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Adreno 740 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 905 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 1280 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 2560 |
| FLOPS | 1853.4 Gigaflops | 3481.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 64 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X60 | Snapdragon X70 |
| 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 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2021 | November 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350-AC | SM8550-AB |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |
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 3681 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.
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