Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 4
956920
CPU212110299548
GPU120714300705
Memory141171190452
UX152541166215
NanoReview Score626536956920
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1352
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4164
File Compression158.7 MB/s189 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s115 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec160.7 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s15.2 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s37.7 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s84.7 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec128.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec5.12 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Adreno 722
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 940 MHz n/a
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 512
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
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 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 33.6 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 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2880x1800 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
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 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB SM7750-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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