Google Tensor G3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Compared 2 processors: Google Tensor G3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Google Tensor G3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G3
1147655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
125245
CPU31187244542
GPU42918428537
Memory19472422889
UX21187529277
NanoReview Score1147655125245
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Google Tensor G3
1760
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Google Tensor G3
4442
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
File Compression188.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser136.5 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering153 MP/secn/a
Background Blur15 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing47 frames/sn/a
Image Detection100.8 frames/sn/a
HDR136.9 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.52 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
- 4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 9 4
Frequency 2910 2500
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 28 nm
Transistor count n/a 1 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G715 MP7 Adreno 330
Architecture Valhall 4th gen Adreno 300
GPU Frequency 890 MHz 578 MHz
Execution Units 7 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 896 128
FLOPS 1594.8 GFLOPS 148 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX n/a 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5300i n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 5
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7300 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3700 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 4.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr February, 2014 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename GS301 (S5P9865) MSM8974 v3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Google Tensor G3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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