Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
626536
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
167228
CPU21211061394
GPU12071416162
Memory14117145586
UX15254144086
NanoReview Score626536167228
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
159
Graphics Testn/a1 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
189
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
862
File Compression158.7 MB/s62.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s27.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec27.4 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s1.19 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s6.81 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s9.55 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec26.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec1.67 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Adreno 506
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 2 1
Shader Units 128 48
Total shader 256 48
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 62.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 546

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 7.46 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 1900x1200 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x24 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 X9
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr February, 2016 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB MSM8953

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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