Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
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Ground-breaking innovations in AI, photography, gaming, and connectivity—for the premium experiences your devices deserve.

The Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform is our most advanced 5G platform ever, with our Snapdragon® X65 5G Modem-RF System ushering in unprecedented speeds up to 10 Gbps while supporting all-day power and more locations than ever. Plus, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 features leading Wi-Fi 6 & 6E with multi-gig speeds — even with multiple devices on one network.

Our fastest-yet 7th Gen Qualcomm® AI Engine is democratizing modern day AI, enabling intelligent use cases in gaming, wellness, photography, and productivity. The Always-on 3rd G...

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Go beyond pro

Snapdragon Sight, the new collection of premium camera features and technologies including our first ever 18-bit ISP. Record astonishing detail in over a billion shades with first-in-mobile 8K HDR video capture.

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AI for all

The 7th Gen Qualcomm ® AI Engine enables ultra-advanced AI use cases across the board, operating up to 4x faster than the predecessor—our fastest to date. Plus, the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor packs fused accelerator architecture including the 2x faster tensor accelerator and 2X larger shared memory.

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When winning matters most

Snapdragon Elite Gaming delivers the full suite of desktop-level features, including volumetric rendering for hyper-realistic visuals. The re-architected Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU is 25% more efficient and delivers 50% faster graphics rendering. Plus, it's the first Snapdragon platform to showcase Unreal Engine 5.

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The next 5G era – unleashed

Our blazing 4th Gen Snapdragon X65 makes history, as the world's first 10 Gigabit 5G Modem-RF solution. It's also the first 3GPP Release 16 5G solution providing unmatched speeds and supporting more networks, frequencies, and bandwidths globally.

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Industry-leading Wi-Fi and audio

The Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6900 System enables Wi-Fi 6 and 6E with lightning-fast speeds up to up to 3.6 Gbps. It also supports Snapdragon Sound technology for 16-bit 44.1kHz CD Lossless wireless music streaming, as well as LE Audio implementations—a Snapdragon first. Experience broadcast audio, stereo recording for content creators, and voice back-channel for gaming.

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Features

  • Our 7th gen Qualcomm® AI Engine includes:
    • 2x larger shared memory plus a 2x faster tensor accelerator
    • 3rd Gen Qualcomm® Sensing Hub, featuring a Low Power AI System and the world’s first always-on ISP, is always-on, yet secure, and automatically tracks your activities and surroundings
    • Support for mix precision ( INT8+INT16)
    • Support for all precisions (INT8, INT16, FP16)
  • Snapdragon Sight features our first-ever always on 18-bit ISP that captures 4000x more camera data then 14-bit predecessors
    • You can also capture 8K HDR video and mega low light photos 
    • Plus, Mega Low Light Mode snaps 30 images and merges the best parts into one shot for brighter, clearer, more colorful photos after dark. 
  • Wins at every level with our full suite of Snapdragon Elite Gaming™ features
    • Support for volumetric rendering adds unrivalled realism to graphics like fog and smoke
    • Support for the Unreal Engine 5 unleashes advanced lighting and shadow effects
  • Featuring our integrated 4th gen Snapdragon® X65 5G Modem-RF System
    • World’s first 10 Gigabit 5G solution
    • World’s first 5G uplink carrier aggregation for unprecedented upload speeds
  • Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6900 Mobile Connectivity System offers the industry’s most advanced Wi-Fi 6 and 6E system with leading speeds up to 3.6 Gbps
  • Supports Snapdragon Sound™ Technology for:
    • 16-bit 44.1kHz CD-quality Lossless wireless music streaming with Qualcomm® aptX™ Lossless technology
    • Super wideband voice call quality with aptX Voice
    • Ultra-low latency for audio/video synchronization with Qualcomm aptX Adaptive
  • First Snapdragon® platform to support LE Audio innovations such as broadcast audio, stereo recording for content creators, and voice back-channel for gaming
  • Qualcomm Aqstic™ features AI-based Echo cancellation and Noise suppression, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Record, and Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N), Playback: -108dB
  • Global lane-level freeway navigation enabled by Qualcomm® Sensor-Assisted Positioning and Qualcomm® Decimeter-Level Positioning with dual-frequency Real-Time Kinematic (RTK)
Specifications
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine
GPU Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
CPU Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Scalar Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector eXtensions (HVX), Fused AI Accelerator architecture
Location
Location Support
Qualcomm® Location Suite
Satellite Systems
GLONASS, NavIC, Beidou, GPS, QZSS, Galileo
Frequency Support
Dual (L1/L5)1
Accuracy
Lane-level, Sidewalk-level
Features
Global Freeway Vehicle Navigation, Pedestrian Navigation
NFC
Near Field Communications
Supported
CPU
Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™
Architecture
64-bit
Clock Speed
Up to 3 GHz2
GPU
Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
APIs
OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 2.0 FP, Vulkan® 1.1
  1. GNSS
  2. Exact speed measured at 2.995 GHz
  3. 5G
  4. (2x2 + 2x2)
  5. Up to 3200MHz

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Product

CPU

Clock Speed

Cellular Modem-RF

Modem Name

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Bit Depth

Charging

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Process Node and Technology

Process Node

Premium Tier

Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform
Active

Up to 3.2 GHz1

Snapdragon™ X65 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm® Spectra™

18-bit

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology

4 nm

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform
Active

Up to 3.36 GHz2

Snapdragon™ X70 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm® Spectra™

18-bit

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology

4 nm

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
Active

Up to 3 GHz3

Snapdragon™ X65 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm® Spectra™

18-bit

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology

4 nm

Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform
Active

Up to 3 GHz

Snapdragon® X60 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm® Spectra™ 580

14-bit

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology

5 nm

  1. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform also available in 3GHz CPU version. Maximum CPU speed will vary based on platform version. Consult OEM specifications for device CPU speed.
  2. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform also available in 3.19 GHz CPU version (SM8550-AB). Maximum CPU speed will vary based on platform version. Consult OEM specifications for device CPU speed
  3. Exact speed measured at 2.995 GHz
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