INFOGRAPHIC: Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Tensor G4 — Which Has Better Performance?

2024 has been a year with many flagship phones and tech product launches. Among them are the Tensor G4 and Snapdragon 8 Elite with promising improvements across key metrics like speed, efficiency, and AI capabilities.

While it is generally known that the Snapdragon processors dominate the Android smartphone market as the performance benchmark, Google's own Tensor chips tailored specifically for Pixel devices are heating up the competition–each with unique strengths and weaknesses. 

So if you are wondering how they differ in capabilities, here’s a guide that breaks down their performance based on six key metrics.

#1: Core Configuration

• Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite features an octa-core central processing unit with a hybrid core architecture composed of two prime cores with a peak clock speed of up to 4.32 GHz and six performance cores with a clock speed of 3.53 GHz. It adopts a 2+6 configuration with high-performance cores only, offering significant performance gains compared to previous generations.
• Google’s Tensor G4 also employs a custom architecture of one Cortex-X4 core running at 3.10 GHz, three Cortex-A720 cores running at 2.60 GHz, and four Cortex-A520 cores running at 1.95 GHz, focusing on optimized performance for Pixel-exclusive features. It uses a more modest 4+3+1 setup, prioritizing AI-driven tasks and image processing over raw performance.