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Google Tensor vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 98 %

Google Tensor

Rank 1 - 100 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 91 %

Google Tensor

Rank 1 - 100 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,494

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,322

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,639

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,490

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,043

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,229

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,915

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,722

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-G78 MP20

1,943

Qualcomm Adreno 730

745

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

691,770 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

948,574 pts

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1.6 TOPS

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

26.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Family	Google Tensor (5)	Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU group	Google Tensor (1)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7/8 Gen 1 (3)
Architecture	G1	Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor		Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Successor	Google Tensor G2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Cortex-X1 2.80 GHz	1x Kryo Prime 3.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Cortex-A76 2.25 GHz	3x Kryo Gold 2.50 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz	4x Kryo Silver 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	2.00 MB
L3-Cache		6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
GPU name	ARM Mali-G78 MP20	Qualcomm Adreno 730
GPU frequency	0.76 GHz	0.82 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 320	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	1	0
Max. GPU Memory		8 GB
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
AI hardware	Google Tensor AI	Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications	Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS	Hexagon 780 @ 26 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Memory	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	12 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
TDP	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Google Tensor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Chip design	Unknown	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗	✗
Operating systems	Android	Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q4/2021	Q1/2022
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Google Tensor is 4.3 stars (79 ratings), while Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has received 4.1 stars (121 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

★★★★★

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

★★★★★