We benchmark the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: solid CPU gains, impressive GPU upgrade

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 last month and the first phones with it are starting to come out. While the vivo X90 Pro+ was the first to be announced, we don’t have a unit to test. But we do have an iQOO 11, and we spent quite some time putting it through its paces.

Benchmarks of the new chip have been leaking for a while now; however, you can never be sure if there isn’t anything shady going on with those. With the iQOO 11 on hand, we have a market-ready device that we know is on the level.

Our unit has 16GB of RAM and 256GB storage, which gives the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 a…