{"id":6383,"date":"2022-05-20T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/testing-the-brand-new-snapdragon-8-gen-1\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:50:16","slug":"testing-the-brand-new-snapdragon-8-gen-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/testing-the-brand-new-snapdragon-8-gen-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+"},"content":{"rendered":"
Testing the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+<\/div>\n
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Introduction<\/h3>\n

Qualcomm announced the next flagship Snapdragon platform today – the Qualcomm 8475 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ mobile chipset. The Plus models of these chipsets are overclocked variants of vanilla ones, but this upgrade offers more than normal. <\/p>\n

\"Snapdragon<\/p>\n

The highlights of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ platform include improved CPU and GPU performance, as well as a new Spectra ISP, premium Snapdragon Sound, and more power efficient NPU computing. <\/p>\n

Let’s start with the CPU and GPU updates. According to Qualcomm, the SD 8 Gen 1+ offers 10% faster CPU performance and 10% faster GPU clock over the SD 8 Gen 1. But what’s quite impressive is the expected 30% better power efficiency of the two – this is a result of the TSMC’s more efficient fabrication process. Indeed, Qualcomm has replaced Samsung with TSMC for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ manufacturing. <\/p>\n

The most notable improvements in the gaming department are the Volumetric rendering support and the improved power efficiency, which should offer up to 1-hour extra gaming time compared to the regular SD 8 Gen 1 on a similar setup (display, RAM, battery). <\/p>\n

The improved Spectra ISP now supports 8K HDR video capturing, as well as Bokeh effects and Face tracking simultaneously. The supported HDR format is HDR10+ with 10-bit color. <\/p>\n

Qualcomm has bragged a lot about the improved AI performance – now up to 20% improvement per watt. What this means is that instead of more power, the AI Engine is now uses 20% less power than on the SD 8 Gen 1. The AI Engine has a lead role in the real-time bokeh effects, among many other uses. <\/p>\n

\"Snapdragon<\/p>\n

So, long story short, the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ offers a bit faster performance as far as CPU and GPU speeds are concerned. But the most important update is the vastly improved power efficiency – 30% for CPU and GPU, 20% for AI, and an overall 15% in compound use. According to the official numbers, this allows for 1 extra hour of gaming, 88 more minutes of streaming, or 25 extra minutes of 5G video chat. <\/p>\n

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ at a glance:<\/h3>\n
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  • Chipset:<\/b> Qualcomm SD8475 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ (4 nm TSMC) \n<\/li>\n
  • CPU:<\/b> Octa-core (1×3. 2 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2. 75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A510). <\/li>\n

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  • GPU:<\/b> Adreno 730 @900Hz. <\/li>\n

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  • Cellular modem:<\/b> Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 5G.<\/li>\n

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  • Wi-Fi\/Bluetooth modem:<\/b> Fastconnect 6900. <\/li>\n

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  • ISP:<\/b> Qualcomm Spectra with 8K HDR10+ video, Simultaneous Bokeh and Face tracking. <\/li>\n

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  • Misc:<\/b> Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec (WCD9385). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    And here comes the fun part. We received a special ROG Engineering device from Asus, which has the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ inside. This isn’t a device that will be sold, and it doesn’t mean we are getting something unannounced or mysterious. It’s an engineering device made to showcase Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ capabilities. <\/p>\n

    Let’s do some benchmarks to see what happens. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Testing the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ Introduction Qualcomm announced the next flagship Snapdragon platform today – the Qualcomm 8475 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ mobile chipset. The Plus models of these chipsets are overclocked variants of vanilla ones, but this upgrade offers more than normal. The highlights of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}