Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series. The processor was released in Q4/2022. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 scores 1,542 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,062 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. |
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| Name: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Family: | Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| CPU group: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 2 |
| Predecessor: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is 3.36 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 1x Cortex-X3 |
| B-Core: | 4x Cortex-A715/A710 |
| C-Core: | 3x Cortex-A510 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 3.36 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 2.80 GHz |
| C-Core Frequency: | 2.00 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 uses the Qualcomm Adreno SD 8 G2, which has 0 texture shaders and 0 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Qualcomm Adreno SD 8 G2 |
| GPU frequency: | 1.00 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 0 |
| Shader: | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Max. displays: | 0 |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 12.1 |
| Technology: | 4 nm |
| Release date: | Q4/2022 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | Decode |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | LPDDR5X-8400 |
| Max. Memory: | 16 GB |
| Memory channels: | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | No |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is made in 4 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 0.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 4 nm |
| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| Architecture: | Cortex-X3 / -A715 / -A510 |
| Operating systems: | Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM) |
| Virtualization: | None |
| Instruction set (ISA): | ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | |
| Release date: | Q4/2022 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | SM8550-AB |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1135G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700GE
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7736U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i5-1145G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1155G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7351P
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1240U
10C 12T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
AMD Radeon RX 680M @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
AMD Radeon 760M Graphics @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
AMD Radeon 760M Graphics @ 2.60 GHzNot verified |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno SD 8 G2 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Apple M1
Apple M1 (8 Core) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
529 entries
529 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
528 entries
528 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,664 entries
1,664 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,651 entries
1,651 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,872 entries
1,872 entries
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is the latest high-end smart device processor from Qualcomm. It uses a hybrid big.LITTLE CPU core structure with a so-called prime core. This prime core is even faster and clocks at up to 3.36 GHz in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
In addition, four Coretx-A715 CPU cores are used as P cores, which operate at up to 2.8 GHz in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. These are supplemented by 3 efficient and smaller Cortex-A510 CPU cores. These have a clock frequency of 2.0 GHz. Overall, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8 CPU cores.
An Adreno GPU, which has not yet been specified, is used as the graphics. In the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, this GPU offers very high performance, all modern video codes as well as ray tracing calculation in hardware are supported. This is what Qualcomm calls the support for the new Unreal Engine 5. Version 1.3 of the Vulkan API is now supported.
In order to be able to fully develop its performance, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 can access up to 16 GB of RAM. The new LPDDR5X-8400 standard is supported for the first time.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has its own AI cores to accelerate machine learning. Qualcomm advertises a 4.35x higher AI performance compared to its predecessor. Also new is the support of INT4 calculations, which is supported for the first time by a Qualcomm CPU. According to the manufacturer, the performance-to-energy ratio improves by up to 60 percent in special scenarios.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is manufactured in a 4 nm process, so the SoC is very economical and energy-efficient. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was developed for high-end smartphones and tablets as well as for smaller notebooks that run e.g. with Windows ARM.
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