Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 7
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 --

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 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 1x Kryo 585 Prime
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 3x Kryo 585 Gold
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 4x Kryo 585 Silver
• Overclocking
  No No

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 730 Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU frequency
  0.84 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.67 GHz
• Execution units
  -- 2
• Shader
  -- 512
• Max. displays
  -- 1
• Generation
  7 6
• Direct X
  12.1 12.0
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2019

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-3200 LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  --
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  -- 10 W

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kryo Kryo 585
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2020
• Part Number
  SM8450 SM8250-AB