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Snapdragon 860 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 860
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 860
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (2)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Performs 62% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 57%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1294K vs 822K
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.13 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~21%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 860
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 860
822433
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +57%
1294871
CPU 299294 490530
GPU 119740 202615
Memory 162141 221583
UX 241258 380143
Total score 822433 1294871
Samples [47 tests] [90 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 151.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 104.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 124.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 119.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 4.49 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 54 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 9.81 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 1079.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 12 tests 30 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 729
Graphics test - 5 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 979 2255
Stability 91% 63%
Graphics test 5 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8774 13237
Video editing score 6020 7311
Data manipulation score 8724 10976
Photo editing score 22475 27827
Writing score 13390 15631
Phones tested Less than 3 16 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]		 42 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 89 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]		 114 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 40 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400		 Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> VAMPRAnTuTu 121473339
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (W1zex)AnTuTu 121416723
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Boeing)Geekbench 6 CPU1712 / 4287
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121537645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU914 / 3141
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 860 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 6 MB
Process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 730
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 675 MHz 818 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 1675.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Snapdragon X65
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2019 December 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150-AC SM8450
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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is it good or not January 23, 2023 at 04:26 PM
I heard that the 8 gen 1 chip has this massive problem with overheating which results in losing performance... I want to buy poco f4 gt to replace my old poco x3 pro, (if you guys have any suggestions feel free to tell me about a replacement for my old phone), but I watched youtube reviews of the phone and everybody said this overheating issue that ruins the whole experience.
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tradeoff August 8, 2022 at 12:14 PM
The tradeoff is SD8 gen 1 phones do not have a micro sd card slots as they are flagship phones, and that is a deal killer.
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