Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 7/8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 1
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x 1x Cortex-X2
• A-Core Frequency
  3.2 GHz -
• B-Core
  2x 3x Cortex-A710
• B-Core Frequency
  2.6 GHz -
• C-Core
  3x 4x Cortex-A510
• C-Core Frequency
  1.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12.1
• Generation
  - 7
• GPU Frequency
  - 840 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Technology
  - 4 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510 Kryo
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Operating systems
  Android, Windows 10 (ARM) -
• Part Number
  SM8475 SM8450
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2022
• Technology
  4 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None