Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 888 All The Upgrades Explained

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs. Snapdragon 888: All The Upgrades Explained

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The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 brings vital upgrades over the Snapdragon 888, such as a faster modem, more powerful CPU and GPU, and a new image processor.

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 888 All The Upgrades Explained

Qualcomm has announced a new processor that will power the next generation of flagship phones. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 succeeds the Snapdragon 888 and boasts impressive upgrades, including a new Image Signal Processor (ISP). Here’s how it compares to its predecessor.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 marks a new direction for Qualcomm as it is its first 4nm mobile processor and the first chip to use a new naming scheme. The familiar triple-digit nomenclature that the San Diego-based semiconductor company has used for years for its mobile platforms is being retired in favor of a new one.

The first upgrade the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 brings is its smaller node size. At 4nm and packing more transistors than the 5nm Snapdragon 888, what this means is that the chipset should theoretically be more power-efficient while also offering better performance. A phone powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 should run faster for the end-user while drawing less juice from the battery. The CPU features new and more powerful cores such as the Cortex-X2 prime core, which is 16 percent faster than the Cortex-X1 inside the Snapdragon 888. The three Cortex-A710 performance cores and four Cortex-A510 efficiency cores also bring 10 percent and 35 percent performance improvements, respectively, and 30 percent and 20 percent power efficiency improvements, respectively. The CPU is 20 percent more powerful than that of the Snapdragon 888, and users should notice an increase in speed when launching and switching between apps. The GPU has also been upgraded with a claim of a 30 percent boost in graphics rendering capabilities and a 25 percent improvement in power savings. Users should expect games to run much smoother on hardware powered by the new chip, but it remains to be seen if the heating issues from the Snapdragon 888 have been fixed.

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Significantly Better Cameras

A significant upgrade that end-users should be excited about is the improvement in camera performance. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 brings a new and faster ISP, the first commercial 18-bit mobile ISP, and it can capture over 400 times more camera data than the 14-bit Spectra 580 ISP of the Snapdragon 888. The benefits this brings are faster image capture and photos that have more details than on phones powered by the last-gen processor. Qualcomm also states that low-light or night-time photos should be brighter and clearer thanks to what it calls Mega low Light Mode and a new multi-frame noise reduction (MFNR). This feature snaps 30 images and combines the best parts of each into one super photo. Also, while the Snapdragon 888 supports 8K video recording at 30fps, the ISP of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports recording 8K videos in HDR, and not just HDR but the HDR10+ format that has a broader color range. No other mobile ISP offers this feature. It also adds support for HLG video capture in addition to Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10+. Android phones powered by the new Qualcomm chipset should also have a feature similar to the iPhone 13’s Cinematic mode, which adds a bokeh effect to videos (portrait mode for videos). However, unlike the iPhone 13 series that’s capped at 1080p when recording in this mode, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports recording at up to 4K.

The new flagship chipset also has a new 5G modem that boasts faster download speeds (up to 10 Gbps peak download speed as against’s the Snapdragon 888’s 7.5 Gbps). However, most people are on networks that don’t offer download speeds up to half that figure or in places where there is no 5G at all. So, there is not much to be excited about with respect to the speed the new modem offers. However, one upgrade that users should notice is an improvement in battery life when on 5G networks thanks to Qualcomm 5G PowerSave 2.0, which uses a more power efficiency-enhancing technique than the Snapdragon 888.

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No doubt, Qualcomm has a more powerful processor in the form of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. However, these upgrades will have to be confirmed when phones powered by the chip are put to the test. The wait is not long as the first set of devices are expected to launch this month.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/snapdragon8-gen1-snapdragon888-comparison/

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