Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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 7 Gen 1
676837
CPU212110207306
GPU120714171454
Memory141171166898
UX152541131179
NanoReview Score626536676837
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3166
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2761
File Compression158.7 MB/s130.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s71.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec101.8 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s10.5 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s51.3 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec84.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec3.49 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1/2.4 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2.36 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A n/a
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
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 644
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 443 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 128 384
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 680.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 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
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Snapdragon X62
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB SM7450-AB

Results

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Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
8 (47.06%)
9 (52.94%)
Total Votes: 17

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