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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm's Armv9 debut paired a 3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 with a big Adreno 730 jump — and a Samsung 4nm process that throttled hard enough to spawn a TSMC-built Plus within six months. Fast in bursts, infamous under sustained load.
Pros
- First Armv9 Snapdragon
- Large Adreno 730 GPU uplift
- 10 Gbps X65 modem
- 8K HDR video capture
Cons
- Severe throttling on Samsung 4nm
- Efficiency far behind TSMC-built rivals
- Replaced by the Plus within six months
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 4 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 10 W
- Architecture
- Armv9
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 + 3x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
- Max clock
- 3 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Adreno 730
- GPU clock
- 818 MHz
AI
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5-6400
- Max bandwidth
- 51.2 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X65 5G
- Max download
- 10 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Media
- Max display
- 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz
- Video capture
- 8K@30fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 1,150,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,720
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 4,300
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 2,500
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 earns an Inno Score of 44.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Qualcomm's Armv9 debut paired a 3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 with a big Adreno 730 jump — and a Samsung 4nm process that throttled hard enough to spawn a TSMC-built Plus within six months. Fast in bursts, infamous under sustained load.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1?
Cores: 8 · Process: 4 nm · AnTuTu 10: 1,150,000 · GPU: Adreno 730
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 9000, Google Tensor G3, Apple A14 Bionic — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
