Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip Geekbench score has appeared. The results show that the chip's single-core score is 1483 and the multi-core score is 4709. The single-core score of Apple A16 Bionic is 1874 and the multi-core score is 5372. In contrast, the A15 chips in the iPhone 13 Pro and the standard iPhone 14 also scored higher than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, with the former single-core score of 1709 and the latter's 1483.

Qualcomm said that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will "define new standards for connecting computing, intelligently design through comprehensive breakthrough artificial intelligence , and achieve extraordinary experience." Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile phone department of Qualcomm, said, "Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 will completely change the landscape of flagship smartphones in 2023."
Qualcomm said that compared with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, the CPU performance of the newer platforms is 35%, the performance of GPU is 25%, and the energy efficiency is also improved. In 2020, the A14 bionic chip of Apple and even the previous generation A13 chip defeated Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 chip at that time.