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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
2020
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Released
Q4/2018
Overall score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2

What's the best choice Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in 2020.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Power consumption of 7 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1685 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 25% better clock speed

    2.40 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1105 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1070 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1049 place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15 % better overclocked clock speed

    2.84 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    843 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    799 place

Specifications

Technical data
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Qualcomm Snapdragon left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • CPU group
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 3
  • Successor
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • CPU Cores / Threads
    8 / 8 left arrow 8 / 8
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A-Core
    2x Kryo 468 Gold left arrow 4x Kryo 495 Gold
  • B-Core
    6x Kryo 468 Silver left arrow 4x Kryo 495 Silver
  • Frequency
    2.40 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.84 GHz
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.84 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    Qualcomm Adreno 618 left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 690
  • GPU frequency
    0.70 GHz left arrow 0.25 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 0.59 GHz
  • Shader
    128 left arrow 0
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 0
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 6
  • Direct X
    12.1 left arrow 12.0
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q4/2020
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133 left arrow LPDDR4X-2133
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 8
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    left arrow 7 W
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Kryo 468 left arrow Kryo 495
  • Technology
    8 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    2020 left arrow Q4/2018
  • Part Number
    SC7180 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
524
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
760
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1559
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
2855
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2

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