Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus Gen 3. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  3 3
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• 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
  4x Kryo 495 Gold 4x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 495 Silver 4x Cortex-A55
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.84 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.84 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.4 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.5 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
  12.0 -
• Execution units
  0 0
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  250 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 690 -
• GPU Turbo
  590 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 0
• Release date
  Q4/2020 -
• Shader
  0 0
• Technology
  7 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 25.6 GB/s

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus Gen 3 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  7 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus Gen 3, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 495 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q1/2022
• Technology
  7 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Operating systems
  - Android